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RFC: Allow component name globbing in archetypes? #25

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hmans opened this issue Apr 3, 2022 · 0 comments
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RFC: Allow component name globbing in archetypes? #25

hmans opened this issue Apr 3, 2022 · 0 comments
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core In the `miniplex` package. enhancement New feature or request

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hmans commented Apr 3, 2022

Summary:

Allowing archetype queries for foo*.

Pros:

  • This would allow for usage patterns where component names have a semantic hierarchy. For example, different enemy types in a game could be tagged with enemy:tank, enemy:bomber and enemy:infantry
  • It seems relatively straight forward to implement, with only very little performance cost.

Cons:

  • This might lead to patterns that are kind of considered antipatterns in the ECS world, since you may end up introducing a hierarchy into a system that is explicitly intended to avoid hierarchies.
  • In Typescript, archetypes are fully typed, and refactoring the typings to fully support this may prove very difficult.
@hmans hmans added enhancement New feature or request core In the `miniplex` package. labels Apr 3, 2022
@hmans hmans changed the title Allow component name globbing in archetypes RFC: Allow component name globbing in archetypes? Apr 4, 2022
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