option to cap number of agents

diff --git a/src/uccProgComp.py b/src/uccProgComp.py
index 9f256fd..e3080bb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/uccProgComp.py
+++ b/src/uccProgComp.py
@@ -153,12 +153,13 @@ class Supervisor:
 
        @Debug
        def SpawnAgent (self, agent):
-               child = agent.__class__ ()
-               self.population.append (child)
-               agent.Reproduced ()
-               stat = self.agentStats [str(agent.__class__)]
-               stat [0] += 1
-               stat [1] += 1 
+               if MAX_TOTAL_AGENTS > 0 and len(self.population) - len(self.pendingDeaths) < MAX_TOTAL_AGENTS:
+                       child = agent.__class__ ()
+                       self.population.append (child)
+                       agent.Reproduced ()
+                       stat = self.agentStats [str(agent.__class__)]
+                       stat [0] += 1
+                       stat [1] += 1
 
        def Select (self):
                # This approach causes agents to keep fighting until they've either died or reproduced.