3743

One way to ensure we always set old_name is to create a method to
initialize names as opposed to just assigning them.

Still not ideal because we still assign directly most of the time, so
it's easy to forget.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/043space.cc b/043space.cc
index 33c4bb09..46736615 100644
--- a/043space.cc
+++ b/043space.cc
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ string old_name;
 old_name.clear();
 :(before "End next_instruction(curr)")
 curr->old_name = curr->name;  // before rewrite rules modify it
+:(before "End instruction Methods")
+void initialize_name(const string& n) {
+  name = old_name = n;
+}
 
 :(code)
 // is this reagent one of the values returned by the current (return) instruction?