Make DefaultObject/Room/Exit's argument optional. Also resolves #2162.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ without arguments starts a full interactive Python console.
 - Add `$random` inlinefunc, supports minval,maxval arguments that can be ints and floats.
 - Add `evennia.utils.inlinefuncs.raw(<str>)` as a helper to escape inlinefuncs in a string.
 - Make CmdGet/Drop/Give give proper error if `obj.move_to` returns `False`.
+- Make `Object/Room/Exit.create`'s `account` argument optional. If not given, will set perms
+  to that of the object itself (along with normal Admin/Dev permission).
 
 
 ## Evennia 0.9 (2018-2019)

evennia/objects/objects.py

@@ -2029,10 +2029,11 @@ class DefaultCharacter(DefaultObject):
 
     # lockstring of newly created rooms, for easy overloading.
     # Will be formatted with the appropriate attributes.
-    lockstring = "puppet:id({character_id}) or pid({account_id}) or perm(Developer) or pperm(Developer);delete:id({account_id}) or perm(Admin)"
+    lockstring = ("puppet:id({character_id}) or pid({account_id}) or perm(Developer) or pperm(Developer);"
+                  "delete:id({account_id}) or perm(Admin)")
 
     @classmethod
-    def create(cls, key, account, **kwargs):
+    def create(cls, key, account=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Creates a basic Character with default parameters, unless otherwise
         specified or extended.
@@ -2041,8 +2042,8 @@ class DefaultCharacter(DefaultObject):
 
         Args:
             key (str): Name of the new Character.
-            account (obj): Account to associate this Character with. Required as
-                an argument, but one can fake it out by supplying None-- it will
+            account (obj, optional): Account to associate this Character with.
+                If unset supplying None-- it will
                 change the default lockset and skip creator attribution.
 
         Kwargs:
@@ -2249,7 +2250,7 @@ class DefaultRoom(DefaultObject):
     )
 
     @classmethod
-    def create(cls, key, account, **kwargs):
+    def create(cls, key, account=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Creates a basic Room with default parameters, unless otherwise
         specified or extended.
@@ -2258,7 +2259,9 @@ class DefaultRoom(DefaultObject):
 
         Args:
             key (str): Name of the new Room.
-            account (obj): Account to associate this Room with.
+            account (obj, optional): Account to associate this Room with. If
+                given, it will be given specific control/edit permissions to this
+                object (along with normal Admin perms). If not given, default
 
         Kwargs:
             description (str): Brief description for this object.
@@ -2287,13 +2290,20 @@ class DefaultRoom(DefaultObject):
         # Get description, if provided
         description = kwargs.pop("description", "")
 
+        # get locks if provided
+        locks = kwargs.pop("locks", "")
+
         try:
             # Create the Room
             obj = create.create_object(**kwargs)
 
-            # Set appropriate locks
-            lockstring = kwargs.get("locks", cls.lockstring.format(id=account.id))
-            obj.locks.add(lockstring)
+            # Add locks
+            if not locks and account:
+                locks = cls.lockstring.format(**{"id": account.id})
+            elif not locks and not account:
+                locks = cls.lockstring(**{"id": obj.id})
+
+            obj.locks.add(locks)
 
             # Record creator id and creation IP
             if ip:
@@ -2442,7 +2452,7 @@ class DefaultExit(DefaultObject):
     # Command hooks
 
     @classmethod
-    def create(cls, key, account, source, dest, **kwargs):
+    def create(cls, key, source, dest, account=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Creates a basic Exit with default parameters, unless otherwise
         specified or extended.
@@ -2486,13 +2496,18 @@ class DefaultExit(DefaultObject):
 
         description = kwargs.pop("description", "")
 
+        locks = kwargs.get("locks", "")
+
         try:
             # Create the Exit
             obj = create.create_object(**kwargs)
 
             # Set appropriate locks
-            lockstring = kwargs.get("locks", cls.lockstring.format(id=account.id))
-            obj.locks.add(lockstring)
+            if not locks and account:
+                locks = cls.lockstring.format(**{"id": account.id})
+            elif not locks and not account:
+                locks = cls.lockstring.format(**{"id": obj.id})
+            obj.locks.add(locks)
 
             # Record creator id and creation IP
             if ip:

evennia/objects/tests.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class DefaultObjectTest(EvenniaTest):
     def test_exit_create(self):
         description = "The steaming depths of the dumpster, ripe with refuse in various states of decomposition."
         obj, errors = DefaultExit.create(
-            "in", self.account, self.room1, self.room2, description=description, ip=self.ip
+            "in", self.room1, self.room2, account=self.account, description=description, ip=self.ip
         )
         self.assertTrue(obj, errors)
         self.assertFalse(errors, errors)