Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] r10

[Mark Karasek <mkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 20:28:48 -0400, Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> > From the former Rule 15:
> > "Proposals are processed in increasing integral order of serial number 
> > with respect to each other, but are otherwise considered to occur 
> > simultaneously, in the "instant" between the end of one nweek and the 
> > beginning of the next nweek."
> >
> > Therefore, B Nomic became a nation at the same moment that the laws of 
> > all nations were repealed. Even if this hadn't been true, since p1596 
> > created a rule rather than performing an action, I took this to mean 
> > that it was a *continuous* action; otherwise, why bother making it a 
> > rule?
>
> This has, I believe, been discussed before; the conclusion reached was 
> that the effects of the proposals happen 'simultaneously in order' - 
> i.e., the gamestate changes to what it would be if they were implemented 
> in order (that's the "processed in increasing order" bit); but the change 
> itself is a single change that happens all at once.
>
> Note that the rule says that they actually *are* processed in order, 
> while they're just *considered* to have happened simultaneously. This was 
> put in, I believe, to prevent things like Automation scripts from 
> stepping in between proposals ("as soon as pX passes and defines 
> something with a hole, but before pX+1 closes the hole, I do the 
> following:").

Now that I think about it, this discussion is irrelevant. In addition to 
nations, the proposal also repealed laws of international bodies; since B 
Nomic ha(s|d) players from multiple countries, shouldn't it qualify? (hint: 
Yes)

--The Pusher Robot
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