• @TheFogan@programming.dev
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    1620 days ago

    Wouldn’t it depend on the order of operations, you’d think even vibe coding a genie would still have the sense to lower the counter before granting the wish.

    So logically

    Wishes = 3

    Make wish count zero.

    *wish used, wish count 2

    Wish applied, wish count 0

      • @TheFogan@programming.dev
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        620 days ago

        Dunno, I know enough duplicate exploits in games to know giving the effect then reducing the item, is a pretty common source of duplication hacks/bugs.

        I guess it comes down to which is the designer is more afraid of happening, the chance of a wish being expended but not granted, or granted without expending.

        Then again based on disney’s aladin, tricking the genie into rescuing him without using a wish, it does seem practical to assume that the genie errors on the side of granting without expending.