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+-- This file contains some drafts on how a WITCH API could look in Lua.
+-- Assumed in-scope functions:
+--  hears(pattern, callback)
+--    registers a callback called when an object in the same room as this one
+--    SAYs something that matches pattern
+--  sees(pattern, callback)
+--    registers a callback called when an object in the same room as this one
+--    EMOTEs something that matches pattern
+--  says(message)
+--    issues a SAY to the server that other objects in the same room will overhear
+--  does(message)
+--    issues an EMOTE to the server that other objects in the same room will see
+--  room.says(message)
+--    tells the server to have the room "say" something. this is useful when an
+--    object wants something said in the third person.
+
+-- Example 1: the nervous pasta
+has = {
+  name = "spaghetti",
+  description = "a plate of spaghetti covered in a fresh pomodoro sauce"
+}
+
+hears("*eat*", function(msg)
+  does("quivers nervously")
+end)
+
+sees("*slurp*", function(emote)
+  does("inches away from " + sender.get("name"))
+end)
+
+-- Example 2: the slot machine
+has = {
+  name = "slot machine",
+  description = "a vintage 1960s slot machine from Las Vegas"
+}
+
+provides("pull $this", function(args)
+  math.randomseed(os.time())
+  says("KA CHANK")
+  one = math.random(0, 9)
+  two = math.random(0, 9)
+  three = math.random(0,9)
+  say("you got" + string.format("%d %d %d", one, two, three))
+end)
+
+provides("whack $this", function(args)
+  room.says(sender.get("name") + " hits the " + get("name") + " very hard ")
+  say("CLATTLE KRAK CHAK CHUNK")
+  say("you got 7 7 7")
+end)
+
+-- Example 3: vending machine
+has = {
+  name = "vending machine",
+  description = "looks like the kind of thing you'd see in Tokyo"
+}
+
+provides("give $this $money", function(args)
+  amount = args.get("money")
+  -- TODO
+end)