What does it even mean, “applying to nothing”?
If I write
Standing is an action applying to nothing.
how is it different from
Standing is an action.
?
Was it ever meant to do something? Is it meant to do something in future versions of Inform? …or is it just superflous?
Edit:
Oh, I see. You can’t actually write “Standing is an action.”. I was writing “Requesting help is an action out of world applying to nothing.”.
It means that you’re specifying the command is not followed by a noun.
I know, but isn’t that already implied? When it comes to actions out of world, it’s implied, but still I saw I-think-it-was Reed make a “Blah is an action out of world applying to nothing.” declaration, and I figured that if HE does it, it must have some point to it.
It’s just clearer. You can also have actions out of world applying to things, which are a handy replacement for “understand as a mistake” when you need a does the player mean rule to apply.