philh comments on The Darwin Game

[philh]

Putting data in global state is forbidden, yeah, even if you don’t do anything with it. I was a bit surprised.

Just to be clear, this would only be forbidden if you put it at the top level. If you put it in your class it would be fine. So

class CloneBot():
    ...
    def payload(self) :
        ...

    foo = 'bar' # allowed

foo = 'bar' # forbidden

[lsusr]

The parent comment comes from a private conversation between me and philh in which I conveyed erroneous information. The mistake is my fault—not philh’s. A line such as foo = 'bar' is legal in some contexts. A line which uses the global namespace to preserve information between class instances is illegal.

[simon]

Yeah, I put it in at top level.

[Taleuntum]

Disqualifying players for things they obviously wouldn’t do if they knew the rules of the game seems pretty cruel. I hope isusr just deletes that line for you.

[lsusr]

simon will not be disqualified.

[simon]

Thanks!