# HG changeset patch
# User Neil Muller <drnlmuller@gmail.com>
# Date 1259356698 0
# Node ID 452cde9af2a2b540b92a851a3e87e1f21c4f9005
# Parent  c1f14fa35d301cf67e8e8f4bc8d89ba8eabd5816
Fix order of checks to avoid unneeded work

diff -r c1f14fa35d30 -r 452cde9af2a2 gamelib/animal.py
--- a/gamelib/animal.py	Fri Nov 27 21:13:43 2009 +0000
+++ b/gamelib/animal.py	Fri Nov 27 21:18:18 2009 +0000
@@ -526,11 +526,11 @@
             # We try heading up
             return Position(self.pos.x, self.pos.y, self.pos.z + 1)
         cur_dist = self.target.dist(self.pos)
-        best, min_cost = self._find_min_cost_neighbour(self.target)
         if cur_dist < 2:
             # We're right ontop of our target, so just go there
             return self.target
         # Find the cheapest spot close to us that moves us closer to the target
+        best, min_cost = self._find_min_cost_neighbour(self.target)
         if min_cost < 20 or not self.gameboard.in_bounds(self.pos) \
                 or not self.gameboard.in_bounds(best):
             # If we're not on the gameboard yet, there's no point in looking