making GetMeaning always return something valid

chatscriptnlp · chatscriptnlp · commit 0ed9f099f7e2 · 2017-04-09T10:28:56.000-07:00
diff --git a/SRC/dictionarySystem.cpp b/SRC/dictionarySystem.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ bool TraceHierarchyTest(int x)
 MEANING GetMeaning(WORDP D, int index)
 {
 	MEANING* meanings = GetMeanings(D);
-	return (meanings) ? meanings[index] : NULL;
+	if (meanings) return meanings[index];
+	else return MakeMeaning(D); // switch to generic non null meaning
 }
 
 void RemoveConceptTopic(int list[256], WORDP D,int index)

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ bool TraceHierarchyTest(int x)`
`111`	`111`	`MEANING GetMeaning(WORDP D, int index)`
`112`	`112`	`{`
`113`	`113`	`MEANING* meanings = GetMeanings(D);`
`114`		`- return (meanings) ? meanings[index] : NULL;`
	`114`	`+ if (meanings) return meanings[index];`
	`115`	`+ else return MakeMeaning(D); // switch to generic non null meaning`
`115`	`116`	`}`
`116`	`117`
`117`	`118`	`void RemoveConceptTopic(int list[256], WORDP D,int index)`