Containers now work. Discovered issue with loading saved games.

gameshell.py

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class GameShell(Shell):
         self.registerCommand('options', self.options)
         self.registerCommand('colorTest', self.colorTest)
         self.registerAlias('run', ['go', '-r'])
+        self.gameBase.registerIO('container', self.container)
         
     # Helper functions
         
@@ -205,6 +206,62 @@ If -l is given, a map legend will be printed under the map."""
     def inv(self, args):
         print('\n'.join([i for i in self.gameBase.playerInv]))
         
+    def container(self, inv, cont):
+        """container IO"""
+        # Pretty print: get length of the longest inventory item's name
+        longestLen = 0
+        longestStr = ""
+        for i in inv:
+            if len(i) > longestLen:
+                longestLen = len(i)
+                longestStr = i
+        if longestLen > 0:
+            print('{{0:<{0}}}{1}'.format(longestLen+2, "Container:").format("Inv:"))
+            i = 0
+            invKeys = tuple(inv.keys())
+            while i < len(invKeys) and i < len(cont):
+                print('{{0:<{0}}}{1}'.format(longestLen+2, cont[i].name).format(invKeys[i]))
+                i += 1
+            while i < len(invKeys):
+                print(invKeys[i])
+                i += 1
+            while i < len(cont):
+                print(' '*(longestLen+2) + cont[i].name)
+                i += 1
+        else:
+            print('Container:')
+            for i in cont:
+                print(i.name)
+        # Now, actually interacting with the container
+        timeSpent = 0.5 # using a container always takes at least 1/2 second, even just opening and closing it again.
+        instr = input("Take, store, or exit: ")
+        while instr != "exit":
+            instr = instr.split()
+            if instr[0] == "take":
+                # take something out of the container
+                if instr[1] == "the":
+                    del instr[1]
+                thing = ' '.join(instr[1:])
+                for i in range(len(cont)):
+                    if thing == cont[i].name:
+                        inv[cont[i].name] = cont[i]
+                        del cont[i]
+                        timeSpent += 0.5
+                        print("{0} taken.".format(thing))
+                        break
+            elif instr[0] == "store":
+                # store something in the container
+                if instr[1] == "the":
+                    del instr[1]
+                thing = ' '.join(instr[1:])
+                if thing in inv:
+                    cont.append(inv[thing])
+                    del inv[thing]
+                    print("{0} stored.".format(thing))
+                    timeSpent += 0.5
+            instr = input("Take, store, or exit: ")
+        return inv, cont, timeSpent
+        
     def update(self):
         self.gameBase.gameEventLoop()