I tried hard to find example as mine, but although bunch of questions are very similar, I wasnt able to understand what I am doing wrong.
I am very new to golang, and I am trying to implement game of life.
here is part of my code
// Species struct
type Species struct {
xPos int32
yPos int32
isAlive bool
willChangeState bool
rect sdl.Rect
neighbours []Species
}
type Ecosystem struct {
community []Species
}
func (ecos *Ecosystem) addSpecies(sp Species) {
ecos.community = append(ecos.community, sp)
}
func (s *Species) addNeigbour(neigbour Species) {
s.neighbours = append(s.neighbours, neigbour)
}
I want to distribute neighbours as in this function
func (ecos *Ecosystem) distributeNeighbours() {
for _, species := range ecos.community {
for _, potentionalNeighbour := range ecos.community {
if math.Abs(float64(species.xPos-potentionalNeighbour.xPos)) <= speciesSize && math.Abs(float64(species.yPos-potentionalNeighbour.yPos)) <= speciesSize {
if species.xPos == potentionalNeighbour.xPos && species.yPos == potentionalNeighbour.yPos {
continue
}
species.addNeigbour(potentionalNeighbour)
}
}
fmt.Println(len(species.neighbours)) // works here
}
for _, s := range ecos.community {
fmt.Println(len(s.neighbours)) //prints 0
}
}
So I guess I have to manage it with pointers - some issue like species in first loop is copy of that species in community, so original species does not gain any neigbours. But I dont know how to fix it.
Try slice of pointer, like this:
// Species struct
type Species struct {
xPos int32
yPos int32
isAlive bool
willChangeState bool
rect sdl.Rect
neighbours []*Species
}
type Ecosystem struct {
community []*Species
}