From c131a4cfb222f453c00d682cc54fdb00573b605b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Toth <q.alpha@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:05:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix MercAffectData.type default: --1 evaluated to +1

The double unary minus made the default +1 instead of the intended -1
used by every sibling field.

Fixes #6

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_018c1X1pogRiyCxdBNHQRMEg
---
 area_reader/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/area_reader/__init__.py b/area_reader/__init__.py
index 3b4543a..5ee92e4 100644
--- a/area_reader/__init__.py
+++ b/area_reader/__init__.py
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ class Item(MudBase):
 
 @attributes
 class MercAffectData(object):
-	type = attr(default=--1)
+	type = attr(default=-1)
 	duration = attr(default=-1)
 	location = attr(default=-1)
 	modifier = attr(default=-1)