[alicebot-archcomm] Ordered <random>ness

Jon Baer alicebot-archcomm@list.alicebot.org
Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:01:54 -0500


"Christopher Fahey [askrom]" wrote:

> As someone else has already pointed out, if it's "ordered" then it's not
> really "random" at all, so the tag name is a little weird for that kind
> of functionality. What you're describing is more like this:

Good point, I was trying to stay within the already existing confines.
Would proposing a <select> element be bad here?  I think your "repeat"
attribute would be for both cases.

Id like this because combining something like <random> or <select> with the
list management stuff (<set>, <add>, <remove>) could be pretty productive in
cases where you are looking at more dynamic random items.

- Jon