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Skeleton Files: Traits.str How does "Attribute" incoperate "Trait"?

In regards to the skeleton sample game system files:

The code comments (and wiki) imply that "Attributes" (below) as well as "Skills" would inherit the elements of the "Trait" component. What is the mechanism for this inheritance?

In traits.str:

Code:

 <!-- Trait component

        All traits derive from this component and share these mechanisms in common

  -->

  <component

    id="Trait"

    name="Trait"

    autocompset="no"

    hasshortname="yes"

    ispublic="no">

Attribute section follows, same file.

Code:

<component

    id="Attribute"

    name="Attribute"

    autocompset="no">



    <eval index="1" phase="Initialize" priority="3000"><![CDATA[

      field[trtMinimum].value = 0

      field[trtMaximum].value = 12

      ]]></eval>



    <!-- Each attribute point above one that is allocated by the user costs 7 CP -->

    <eval index="2" phase="Traits" priority="10000">

      <before name="Calc resLeft"/>

      <after name="Bound trtUser"/><![CDATA[

      hero.child[resCP].field[resSpent].value += (field[trtUser].value - 1) * 7

      ]]></eval>



    </component>

Yet, how is this so? I don't see anything explicitly defining the component id "Attribute" as inheriting anything from the component id "Trait"

I can stare at things for hours and only after asking someone for help do I seem to finally (and almost instantly) see the answer hiding in plain sight...

So, it would appear that the answer to my question is the following bit of code: I guess what I was missing is that the "attributes" which end up on the character sheet is not the component "Attribute" but rather the Component Set (compset) "Attribute".

Code:

 <!-- Attribute - all attributes derive from this compset -->

  <compset

    id="Attribute"

    forceunique="yes">

    <compref component="Attribute"/>

    <compref component="Trait"/>

    <compref component="CanAdvance"/>

    </compset>