From 00507589b4984d50a34a383975fc6323db19bcfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 15:20:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add message string to the return value of add_move

Now, instead of just returning a Boolean indicating whether the move
was legal, add_move returns an object with both the Boolean "legal"
property as well as a string "message" indicating what made the move
illegal.
---
 lmno.js      | 8 ++++----
 test         | 4 ++--
 tictactoe.js | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lmno.js b/lmno.js
index 60c0f44..b6c5b78 100644
--- a/lmno.js
+++ b/lmno.js
@@ -302,13 +302,13 @@ for (let key in engines) {
       const game = request.game;
       const move = request.body.move;
 
-      const legal = game.add_move(move);
+      const result = game.add_move(move);
 
-      /* Inform this client whether the move was legal. */
-      response.send(JSON.stringify(legal));
+      /* Feed move response back to the client. */
+      response.json(result);
 
       /* And only if legal, inform all clients. */
-      if (! legal)
+      if (! result.legal)
         return;
 
       game.broadcast_move(move);
diff --git a/test b/test
index 0e42462..55a4c29 100755
--- a/test
+++ b/test
@@ -299,12 +299,12 @@ TEST_SUBSECTION "Tic Tac Toe /move"
 
 TEST "Move to the center square"
 result=$(tictactoe_move 4)
-test "$result" = "true"
+test "$result" = '{"legal":true}'
 TEST_END
 
 TEST "Move to center square again is now illegal"
 result=$(tictactoe_move 4)
-test "$result" = "false"
+test "$result" = '{"legal":false,"message":"Square is already occupied"}'
 TEST_END
 
 TEST_REPORT
diff --git a/tictactoe.js b/tictactoe.js
index d5a07b2..da55c9f 100644
--- a/tictactoe.js
+++ b/tictactoe.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class TicTacToe extends Game {
   add_move(square) {
     /* Cannot move to an occupied square. */
     if (this.state.board[square])
-      return false;
+      return { legal: false, message: "Square is already occupied" };
 
     this.state.board[square] = this.state.next_player;
     this.state.moves.push(square);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class TicTacToe extends Game {
     else
       this.state.next_player = "X";
 
-    return true;
+    return { legal: true };
   }
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0