Reworking the taste system to allow for species-level taste definitions.

Reworking how data is initialized and handled by reagents.

Post-rebase update for taste PR.

Further work on the taste system.

Updating taste strings. God help me.

code/__defines/mobs.dm

@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@
 #define TASTE_DULL 0.5 //anything below 30%
 #define TASTE_NUMB 0.1 //anything below 150%
 
+#define TASTE_STRING_DEFAULT     "default"
+#define TASTE_DATA_FIELD         "taste_strings"
+
 //Used by emotes
 #define VISIBLE_MESSAGE 1
 #define AUDIBLE_MESSAGE 2

code/_helpers/_lists.dm

@@ -890,12 +890,15 @@ This actually tests if they have the same entries and values.
 
 var/global/list/json_cache = list()
 /proc/cached_json_decode(var/json_to_decode)
-	if(!json_to_decode || !length(json_to_decode))
-		return list()
-	try
-		if(isnull(global.json_cache[json_to_decode]))
-			global.json_cache[json_to_decode] = json_decode(json_to_decode)
-		. = global.json_cache[json_to_decode]
-	catch(var/exception/e)
-		log_error("Exception during JSON decoding ([json_to_decode]): [e]")
-		return list()
+	if(length(json_to_decode))
+		try
+			if(isnull(global.json_cache[json_to_decode]))
+				global.json_cache[json_to_decode] = json_decode(json_to_decode)
+			var/list/decoded = global.json_cache[json_to_decode]
+			if(islist(decoded)) // To prevent cache mutation.
+				return deepCopyList(decoded)
+			else if(decoded)
+				return decoded
+		catch(var/exception/e)
+			log_error("Exception during JSON decoding ([json_to_decode]): [e]")
+	return list()

code/game/gamemodes/technomancer/spells/condensation.dm

@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@
 				add_attack_logs(user,hit_atom,"Wetted the floor with [src] at [T.x],[T.y],[T.z]")
 		else if(hit_atom.reagents && !ismob(hit_atom))		//TODO: Something for the scepter
 			hit_atom.reagents.add_reagent(id = "water", amount = 60, data = null, safety = 0)
-		adjust_instability(5)
+		adjust_instability(5)