Room Numbers as enum

[ivan-mogilko]

This is from an interesting proposal in comments here.

Autogenerate eRoomName enum constants for rooms. Have these constants declared in a form rmRoomName, where RoomName is converted from Room's Description string with all invalid symbols removed (meaning - symbols that are not allowed to be in script keyword).

Alternatively, have a separate Room's property for this. Probably a Name or ScriptName, which is restricted to be script-compatible, just like any other script name.

Change the signature of the ChangeRoom function to Character::ChangeRoom(eRoomNumber room).
Similarly change Character.Room to return eRoomNumber.

For example, this would result in a generated enum like:

enum eRoomName 
{
    rmKitchen = 1,
    rmAttic = 2,
    ...
    rmKeypad = 301,
    rmTitleSceen = 302,
    ...
}

Then users can code player.ChangeRoom(rmLivingRoom); instead of player.ChangeRoom(37); if they wish. The room names will appear in Autocomplete, making it easier to find and type them.

See Also: #1175