-# loop indefinitely while the world is not flagged for termination or
-# there are still connected users
-while not mudpy.misc.universe.terminate_flag or mudpy.misc.universe.userlist:
+def main():
+
+ # start it up
+ mudpy.misc.setup()
+
+ # loop indefinitely while the world is not flagged for termination or
+ # there are still connected users
+ while (not mudpy.misc.universe.terminate_flag or
+ mudpy.misc.universe.userlist):
+
+ # the world was flagged for a reload of all code/data
+ if mudpy.misc.universe.reload_flag:
+ imp.reload(mudpy)
+ mudpy.misc.reload_data()
+ mudpy.misc.universe.reload_flag = False
+
+ # do what needs to be done on each pulse
+ mudpy.misc.on_pulse()