Light vs mob spawning

[AquariusPower]

mobs seem to random spawn anywhere player cannot see, or far from player.

I wonder if adding light to squares could prevent their spawning very near the lights, but that may be a cheap (despite fun) trick to create a as safe as possible player's HQ inside a dungeon :)

what do you think?

[andrewtweber]

I think in general it should be left as is.

However it would be neat if certain monsters preferred a dark area, or a light one. For example bats could tend to spawn in dark areas