Area Review

[Harroghty]

I am available as a resource for any builder who would like someone to check their work. I offer this with new builders in mind, but veteran builders with an area question should also feel free to pick my brain (although I cannot guarantee that I will be of any use). I will respond to you in less than 24 hours usually (unless it's a weekend or I happen to be otherwise engaged).

I have the following requests:

• -Use the area template and sample on the Builder Lessons as a start point.
  
  -Run your work through the Area Checker before you ask for help. (See below)
  
  -Only engage me to help with areas that have been approved as building projects. In other words, please do not ask for help on an area if you did not send in an application to build and receive an affirmative response. I need to triage my time. (Please feel free to bounce ideas of off me though! I am glad to help you refine your idea before you apply.)

Area Checker

When using the area checker you will receive something like this:

File was successfully uploaded. Testing...
Wed, 23 Feb 11 20:50:35 +0000 file: filenamehere.txt

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/martin/projects/fkareas/svn/hooks/checkarea.py", line 543, in
main(sys.argv)
File "/home/martin/projects/fkareas/svn/hooks/checkarea.py", line 533, in main
aArea = Area ( aInputBuffer )
File "/home/martin/projects/fkareas/svn/hooks/checkarea.py", line 483, in __init__
while ( self.load_mobiles ( aInputBuffer ) ):
File "/home/martin/projects/fkareas/svn/hooks/checkarea.py", line 198, in load_mobiles
mobile['immune'] = aInputBuffer.fread_number()
File "/home/martin/projects/fkareas/svn/hooks/utils.py", line 175, in fread_number
raise InputBufferSyntaxError ( self, "Unknown bitvector: %s in numeric field %s!" % ( sBV, self.currentWord ) )
utils.InputBufferSyntaxError: 'Error on line number 133 (RIS_NONE RIS_SUMMON RIS_NONE\r): Unknown bitvector: RIS_SUMMON in numeric field !'
Testing of the area failed, hopefully the output above will help you to find the problem.

But this is the only part that really means anything to anyone is that bit I put in bold...

raise InputBufferSyntaxError ( self, "Unknown bitvector: %s in numeric field %s!" % ( sBV, self.currentWord ) )
utils.InputBufferSyntaxError: 'Error on line number 133 (RIS_NONE RIS_SUMMON RIS_NONE\r): Unknown bitvector: RIS_SUMMON in numeric field !'

...it is telling you that there is a problem on line 133 and that RIS_SUMMON needs to go. So when you use the area checker, look down at the last "sentence" look for a line number or section name and try to guess the issue.