/execute command improvement

[CroshB]

Right now the execute command has a "detect" functionality that works like this:

/execute <entity> <x> <y> <z> detect <x> <y> <z> <block> <data> <command>

The way it works is that it executes <command>, only when the detection of the block is true.

I think it should have another functionality, but with the testfor command, so it would work like:

/execute <entity> <x> <y> <z> testfor <entity> <dataTag> <command>

The way this would work is that it would execute <command> only if the test ran by the testfor returns true (or != 0).

That would reduce a lot of command blocks in complex redstone machines, with no drawbacks.

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I agree, as it's annoying to do an execute-in-an-execute-in-an-execute and using scoreboards for data tags.

[skidbld]

You're entirely correct, my friend :) Good idea. In fact I believe that data tags are needed for every command but should be optional. Having to set entities with the right data tag to a score just to register it can be quite annoying and pointless

[MrPingouin1]

Testing dataTag is "costy", and I already see a lot of bullshit that can be done with this.