[sldev] LSL initiated Prim metadata was Re: Plugin architecture

[Jason Giglio]

Argent Stonecutter wrote:
> Good so far. Making the data a list rather than a string (so you can 
> have an attribute similar to llParticleSystem without having to trust 
> the script properly encoding it) would be good, but not essential.
> 

In case you weren't paying attention (and it appears you weren't), "the 
script" doesn't encode the data under my proposal, except during 
development.  After development is complete the new built-in LL-provided 
LSL functions might indeed take a list, which it will then convert into 
the proper string.

> To reduce network traffic, the sim wouldn't broadcast the attributes, it 
> would broadcast a list of attribute names, so the client could only 
> fetch the attributes it's interested in.
> 
> Also:
> 
> llGetAttributeKey(key id, string label)

Attributes would be prim specific under both proposals, not object 
specific.  This won't work.

> llSetAttributeKey(key id, string label, string data);
> 
> For building tools, and to set attributes on avatars. Eg:
> 
> change(integer what)
> {
>   if((what & CHANGED_LINK) && llGetAttached()) {
>     llSetAttributeKey(llGetOwner(),"extended-skeleton","centaur");
>     llSetAttribute("attach-point","hind-leg");
>   }
> }
> 

Just keep piling on the crap.  Maybe when this proposal hits 1 million 
new lines of code required, you'll win some kind of award. KISS.

> llGetAttributeLink(integer link, string label)
> llSetAttributeLink(integer link, string label, string data)
> 
> To head off the people who might otherwise create 300 prim wings with a 
> script in each prim.

Yes.  Such a functionality would be desirable under this 
tagging-for-use-not-just-development scenario.

-Jason