[Reality] speaking/listening interfaces

[Eric Wong]

On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 12:01:30AM -0400, Chris Armstrong wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 03:09:19PM -0700, Eric Wong wrote:
> > Is the mailing list back?
> 
> Now it is! :-)

Yay!

> > I'm attaching two files, speaking.py and listening.py.  Do these do the
> > right thing to create interfaces/adapters?  speaking.py defines a basic
> > interace for talking or whispering in a room, listening.py defines an
> > interface for listening to things said.
> 
> Why is Listening an Action?
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I figured it'd be nice to let people design ear muffs or something
to ignore people.  Also, it allows for the possibility that other
object/NPC's the ability to listen to things being said in a room --
a microphone or bug or a door that opens when someone says "Open Sesame".

Eric