"A testcase"

[Copied from Writing with Inform, section 27.7]
When play begins (this is the run property checks at the start of play rule):
repeat with item running through things:
if description of the item is "":
say "[item] has no description."

Laboratory is a room.

[This works, but produces a runtime error at startup.]

Inside the Laboratory is an unbreakable beaker.
The description of the beaker is
"A chipped beaker labelled '[printed name]'."


[This works as expected.]
[
Inside the Laboratory is an unbreakable beaker.
The description of the beaker is
"A chipped beaker labelled '[noun]'."
]

[This works, but produces a runtime error at startup.]
[
A dial is a kind of thing.
A dial has a number called the current value.
The current value of a dial is usually 5.
The description of a dial is usually
"The mark is turned to point at [current value].".

Inside the Laboratory is a dial called the brass dial.
]

[This still doesn't work.]

  • In transit

    Passing the source text to the compiler

  • Inform 7

    Turning the Inform 7 source text into intermediary Inform 6 code

  • Inform 6

    Compiling the intermediary Inform 6 code into a playable game file

  • Results

    Collecting information about the generated files and resources

  • Finished

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