Simple Queue Manager

[ghost]

How can I code up a simple Queue Manager for my bot.

[gizmotronic]

(sorry, that was not intentional.)

In my opinion this is not a simple task, and I don't think it's an issue with Turntable-API.

[ghost]

um, ok. what should I do to code it, then.

[gizmotronic]

Here's the simplest possible implementation:

1. Create an empty array. This is your queue. (You will push user IDs onto this array.)
2. Create a function to check to see if there is room on the table and if the queue is not empty, and if so, tell the person in position 0 of the array that it's their turn.
3. When someone says the command to add themselves to the queue, push their user ID onto the array and call the function from (2).
4. When the rem_dj event is triggered, call the function from (2).
5. When the add_dj event is triggered, make sure that the user ID in the event is the same as the user ID in position 0 of the array. If it is, shift the first entry off of the array. If not, use .remDj() to remove them. Finally, call the function from (2) (in case there's more spots open).

Some things to consider:

• You need a way to remove people from the queue that have either left the room or who are otherwise not responding.
• You will want to keep track of user names. People won't know who 4faa0f68691004923324787 is. (For that matter, neither do I, at least not without looking it up - assuming this is actually a user account.)
• This is not an easy thing to do, even at the most basic level. It will take a long time to get it right. People will get mad if it doesn't work right.
• Finally, I don't really have any time to write code for this. This is the best I can do.

[ghost]

um, ok :)

[MikeWills]

A really basic queue is simple but will lead to lots of frustration. A good queue is hard and very complicated. Heck I still have many bugs I plan on fixing some day. I haven't fixed them mostly because I am not in rooms where we use queues.

Mike Wills mike@mikewills.me http://mikewills.me 507-933-0880 On Aug 3, 2013 8:01 AM, "Turntablelover" notifications@github.com wrote:

um, ok :)

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[ghost]

ok