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lib/Game/Life/Faster.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

 $life->place_text_points( 0, 0, 'X', <<'EOD' );
 .X.
 ..X
 XXX
 EOD

The heavy lifting is done by L<set_point_state()|/set_point_state>.

=head2 process

 $life->process( $iterations );

This method runs the game for the specified number of iterations, which
defaults to C<1>.

As an incompatible change to the same-named method of
L<Game::Life|Game::Life>, the number of points that actually changed
state is returned. If C<$iterations> is greater than C<1>, the return
represents the last iteration. The corresponding
L<Game::Life|Game::Life> method does not have an explicit C<return>.

=head2 set_point

 $life->set_point( $x, $y );

This method sets the state of the point at position C<$x>, C<$y> of the
grid to "living." It returns a true value.

script/game-life-faster  view on Meta::CPAN

are string representations of the points to be placed, with each
argument representing consecutive cells in consecutive rows. "Living"
cells are represented by C<'X'> or C<'x'>; any other character
represents a "dead" cell.

The example places a glider in the top-left corner of the grid.

=head2 process

This command causes the game to be processed. An optional parameter
specifies the number of iterations, the default being C<1>.

=head2 save

 life> save life.txt

This command saves the current object in a text file which contains the
F<game-life-faster> commands needed to recreate it. These commands can be
re-executed by:

 life> source life.txt