experimenting with passing functions through interactions

modpol/interactions/interactions.lua

@@ -105,29 +105,35 @@ end
 
 -- ===================================================================
 -- Function: modpol.interactions.text_query
--- input: Query (string)
--- output: User response (string)
-function modpol.interactions.text_query(query)
-   -- TODO
+-- input: User (string), Query (string), func (function)
+--   func input: user input (string)
+-- output: Applies "func" to user input
+function modpol.interactions.text_query(user, query, func)
+   print(user .. ": " .. query)
+   answer = io.read()
+   func(answer)
 end
 
 -- ===================================================================
 -- Function: modpol.binary_poll_user(user, question)
--- Params: user (string), question (string)
--- Output:
--- presents a yes/no/abstain poll to a user, returns answer
-function modpol.interactions.binary_poll_user(user, question)
+-- Params: user (string), question (string), func (function)
+--   func input: user input (string: y/n)
+-- Output: Applies "func" to user input
+-- presents a yes/no poll to a user, returns answer
+function modpol.interactions.binary_poll_user(user, question, func)
    local query = "Poll for " .. user .. " (y/n): ".. question
    local answer
    repeat
       print(query)
       answer = io.read()
-   until answer == "y" or answer == "n" or answer == "a"
+   until answer == "y" or answer == "n"
    if answer == "y" then
-      return "yes"
+      modpol.interactions.message(user, "Response recorded")
+      func("yes")
    elseif answer == "n" then
-      return "no"
+      modpol.interactions.message(user, "Response recorded")
+      func("no")
    else
-      return "abstain"
+      modpol.interactions.message(user, "Error: invalid response")
    end
 end

modpol_minetest/overrides/interactions/interactions.lua

@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ minetest.register_on_player_receive_fields(function (player, formname, fields)
             modpol.interactions.text_query(pname, "Org name:")
             -- local new_org_name = _contexts[pname]["new_org_name"]
             _contexts[pname] = function(input)
-
                local new_request = {
                   user = pname,
                   type = "add_org",