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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Class Inheritance Overriding Methods

Posted by jballin
jballin
1,448 Points

Why does `LaserTower` continue to `fire` `while enemy.life >= 0` instead of `> 0`?

As of now, enemy.life will be -1 after calling laserTower.fire(at: enemy)

Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
14,575 Points
Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
14,575 Points

Hello,

Would you be able to explain your question a bit better ? Perhaps giving an example, or pointing out in the video what it is that is confusing you.

Thank you

1 Answer

Jonathan Tanner
Jonathan Tanner
1,268 Points
Jonathan Tanner
Jonathan Tanner
1,268 Points

Could be just speculation, but I've played tabletop games that count "0" as still having life. Might be personal preference in what he considers to be dead vs. alive