In Inform 7, is there a way to detect which interpreter is being used?

Question

To be more specific--is there a simple/straightforward way to detect whether the game is running in Gargoyle?

Answer 1

The extension Interpreter Sniffing by Friends of I7 seems to do this, sort of. I haven't compiled it, but I recognize Friends of I7 and some of the names in the extension. So if it doesn't work, they can know about it.

This isn't quite a one-line fix, since you have to add an extension and then put in one line, but I think it is pretty good. I'd assume that, if a new interpreter is created, Glulx itself would have no way to know this.

Comments

The extension doesn't support Gargoyle directly at the moment (we have some extra code in Kerkerkruip which does, but it won't work for other games) but it probably would be possible. If/when we update it I'll try to remember to post an update here too.