Recording bibliographic data, such as title and authorship, in Inter.

§1. Bibliographic data is significant at run-time because the kits contain code to print out the "banner" at the start of play, which is a sort of title page. So they need to know the title, and so on.

Note that some of the bibliographic variables are actually compiled to constants.

int encode_constant_text_bibliographically = FALSE;  Compile literal text semi-literally

int RTBibliographicData::in_bibliographic_mode?Usage of RTBibliographicData::in_bibliographic_mode:
Text Literals - §4(void) {
    return encode_constant_text_bibliographically;
}

void RTBibliographicData::compile_constants(void) {
    encode_constant_text_bibliographically = TRUE;
    if (story_title_VAR) Compile the I6 Story constant1.1;
    if (story_headline_VAR) Compile the I6 Headline constant1.2;
    if (story_author_VAR) Compile the I6 Story Author constant1.3;
    if (story_release_number_VAR) Compile the I6 Release directive1.4;
    Compile the I6 serial number, based on the date1.5;
    Compile metadata1.6;
    encode_constant_text_bibliographically = FALSE;
}

§1.1. If the author doesn't name a work, then its title is properly "", not "Welcome": that's just something we use to provide a readable banner.

Compile the I6 Story constant1.1 =

    inter_name *iname = Hierarchy::find(STORY_HL);
    if (VariableSubjects::has_initial_value_set(story_title_VAR)) {
        NonlocalVariables::initial_value_as_plain_text(story_title_VAR);
        Emit::initial_value_as_constant(iname, story_title_VAR);
        Emit::initial_value_as_raw_text(Hierarchy::find(STORY_MD_HL),
            story_title_VAR);
    } else {
        Emit::text_constant_from_wide_string(iname, U"\"Welcome\"");
        Emit::text_constant(Hierarchy::find(STORY_MD_HL), I"Untitled");
    }
    Hierarchy::make_available(iname);

• This code is used in §1.

§1.2. And similarly here:

Compile the I6 Headline constant1.2 =

    inter_name *iname = Hierarchy::find(HEADLINE_HL);
    if (VariableSubjects::has_initial_value_set(story_headline_VAR)) {
        NonlocalVariables::initial_value_as_plain_text(story_headline_VAR);
        Emit::initial_value_as_constant(iname, story_headline_VAR);
        Emit::initial_value_as_raw_text(Hierarchy::find(HEADLINE_MD_HL),
            story_headline_VAR);
    } else {
        Emit::text_constant_from_wide_string(iname, U"\"An Interactive Fiction\"");
        Emit::text_constant(Hierarchy::find(HEADLINE_MD_HL), I"An Interactive Fiction");
    }
    Hierarchy::make_available(iname);

• This code is used in §1.

§1.3. This time we compile a zero constant if no author is provided:

Compile the I6 Story Author constant1.3 =

    if (VariableSubjects::has_initial_value_set(story_author_VAR)) {
        inter_name *iname = Hierarchy::find(STORY_AUTHOR_HL);
        NonlocalVariables::initial_value_as_plain_text(story_author_VAR);
        Emit::initial_value_as_constant(iname, story_author_VAR);
        Hierarchy::make_available(iname);
        Emit::initial_value_as_raw_text(Hierarchy::find(AUTHOR_MD_HL),
            story_author_VAR);
    } else {
        inter_name *iname = Hierarchy::find(STORY_AUTHOR_HL);
        Emit::unchecked_numeric_constant(iname, 0);
        Hierarchy::make_available(iname);
        Emit::text_constant(Hierarchy::find(AUTHOR_MD_HL), I"Anonymous");
    }

• This code is used in §1.

§1.4. Similarly (but numerically):

Compile the I6 Release directive1.4 =

    if (VariableSubjects::has_initial_value_set(story_release_number_VAR)) {
        inter_name *iname = Hierarchy::find(RELEASE_HL);
        Emit::initial_value_as_constant(iname, story_release_number_VAR);
        Hierarchy::make_available(iname);
    }
    Emit::initial_value_as_constant(Hierarchy::find(RELEASE_MD_HL),
        story_release_number_VAR);
    semantic_version_number V = Projects::get_version(Task::project());
    if (VersionNumbers::is_null(V) == FALSE) {
        inter_name *iname = Hierarchy::find(STORY_VERSION_MD_HL);
        TEMPORARY_TEXT(v)
        WRITE_TO(v, "%v", &V);
        Emit::text_constant(iname, v);
        DISCARD_TEXT(v)
    }

• This code is used in §1.

§1.5. This innocuous code — if Inform runs on 25 June 2013, we compile the serial number "130625" — is actually controversial: quite a few users feel they should be able to fake the date-stamp with dates of their own choosing.

Compile the I6 serial number, based on the date1.5 =

    inter_name *iname = Hierarchy::find(SERIAL_HL);
    TEMPORARY_TEXT(SN)
    int year_digits = (the_present->tm_year) % 100;
    WRITE_TO(SN, "%02d%02d%02d",
        year_digits, (the_present->tm_mon)+1, the_present->tm_mday);
    Emit::text_constant(Hierarchy::find(SERIAL_MD_HL), SN);
    Emit::serial_number(iname, SN);
    DISCARD_TEXT(SN)
    Hierarchy::make_available(iname);

• This code is used in §1.

§1.6. Then there are metadata details which will be used in indexing, but which do not compile to any data in the object code:

Compile metadata1.6 =

    Emit::text_constant(Hierarchy::find(IFID_MD_HL), BibliographicData::read_uuid());
    TEMPORARY_TEXT(lang)
    inform_language *L = Projects::get_language_of_play(Task::project());
    if (L == NULL) WRITE_TO(lang, "English");
    else WRITE_TO(lang, "%S", L->as_copy->edition->work->title);
    Emit::text_constant(Hierarchy::find(LANGUAGE_MD_HL), lang);
    DISCARD_TEXT(lang)
    int E = BibliographicData::episode_number();
    if (E >= 0) {
        Emit::numeric_constant(Hierarchy::find(EPISODE_NUMBER_MD_HL), (inter_ti) E);
        TEMPORARY_TEXT(series)
        WRITE_TO(series, "%w", BibliographicData::series_name());
        Emit::text_constant(Hierarchy::find(SERIES_NAME_MD_HL), series);
        DISCARD_TEXT(series)
    }
    if (VariableSubjects::has_initial_value_set(story_description_VAR)) {
        Emit::initial_value_as_raw_text(Hierarchy::find(DESCRIPTION_MD_HL),
            story_description_VAR);
    } else {
        Emit::text_constant(Hierarchy::find(DESCRIPTION_MD_HL), I"None");
    }
    if (VariableSubjects::has_initial_value_set(story_genre_VAR)) {
        Emit::initial_value_as_raw_text(Hierarchy::find(GENRE_MD_HL),
            story_genre_VAR);
    } else {
        Emit::text_constant(Hierarchy::find(GENRE_MD_HL), I"Fiction");
    }
    if (VariableSubjects::has_initial_value_set(story_creation_year_VAR)) {
        Emit::initial_value_as_raw_text(Hierarchy::find(YEAR_MD_HL),
            story_creation_year_VAR);
    } else {
        Emit::text_constant(Hierarchy::find(YEAR_MD_HL), I"(This year)");
    }

• This code is used in §1.

§2. The IFID is written into the compiled story file, too, both in order that it can be printed by the VERSION command and to brand the file so that it can still be identified even if it loses touch with its iFiction record. We store the IFID in plain text, with a "magic string" identifier around it, in byte-accessible memory.

void RTBibliographicData::IFID_text(void) {
    text_stream *uuid = BibliographicData::read_uuid();
    inter_name *UUID_array_iname = Hierarchy::find(UUID_ARRAY_HL);
    Emit::text_constant(UUID_array_iname, uuid);
    Hierarchy::make_available(UUID_array_iname);
}

inter_name *RTBibliographicData::IFID_iname?Usage of RTBibliographicData::IFID_iname:
Multimedia - §2.2, §3.2(void) {
    return Hierarchy::find(UUID_ARRAY_HL);
}

§3.

int RTBibliographicData::story_author_given?Usage of RTBibliographicData::story_author_given:
Use Options - §1.5(void) {
    if ((story_author_VAR) &&
        (VariableSubjects::has_initial_value_set(story_author_VAR)))
        return TRUE;
    return FALSE;
}