crypto_kitties_give_birth.sol

/// @notice The minimum payment required to use breedWithAuto(). This fee goes towards
///  the gas cost paid by whatever calls giveBirth(), and can be dynamically updated by
///  the COO role as the gas price changes.
uint256 public autoBirthFee = 2 finney;


/// @notice Have a pregnant Kitty give birth!
/// @param _matronId A Kitty ready to give birth.
/// @return The Kitty ID of the new kitten.
/// @dev Looks at a given Kitty and, if pregnant and if the gestation period has passed,
///  combines the genes of the two parents to create a new kitten. The new Kitty is assigned
///  to the current owner of the matron. Upon successful completion, both the matron and the
///  new kitten will be ready to breed again. Note that anyone can call this function (if they
///  are willing to pay the gas!), but the new kitten always goes to the mother's owner.
function giveBirth(uint256 _matronId)
    external
    whenNotPaused
    returns(uint256)
{
    // Grab a reference to the matron in storage.
    Kitty storage matron = kitties[_matronId];

    // Check that the matron is a valid cat.
    require(matron.birthTime != 0);

    // Check that the matron is pregnant, and that its time has come!
    require(_isReadyToGiveBirth(matron));

    // Grab a reference to the sire in storage.
    uint256 sireId = matron.siringWithId;
    Kitty storage sire = kitties[sireId];

    // Determine the higher generation number of the two parents
    uint16 parentGen = matron.generation;
    if (sire.generation > matron.generation) {
        parentGen = sire.generation;
    }

    // Call the sooper-sekret gene mixing operation.
    uint256 childGenes = geneScience.mixGenes(matron.genes, sire.genes, matron.cooldownEndBlock - 1);

    // Make the new kitten!
    address owner = kittyIndexToOwner[_matronId];
    uint256 kittenId = _createKitty(_matronId, matron.siringWithId, parentGen + 1, childGenes, owner);

    // Clear the reference to sire from the matron (REQUIRED! Having siringWithId
    // set is what marks a matron as being pregnant.)
    delete matron.siringWithId;

    // Every time a kitty gives birth counter is decremented.
    pregnantKitties--;

    // Send the balance fee to the person who made birth happen.
    msg.sender.send(autoBirthFee);

    // return the new kitten's ID
    return kittenId;
}