Dominate Person specifics

[BananaPancakes]

I'm wondering how restrictive Dominate Person is to a dominated person's actions. Specifically, it states two separate things.
1) The creature performs it's orders to the exclusion of all other things
2) The creature still performs activities needed for life (eating, sleeping)

For example, if a creature was ordered to fight something down a hallway filled with traps, it would undoubtedly ignore the danger and attack it's target. But would it get Reflex saves to not get hit? It feels like it could be argued either way; yes because it's an activity that's needed for life, no because it's ignoring everything but it's task.

Has there been any official ruling on this? Anyone have an opinion or third option I'm not seeing?

[Claxon]

They're not going to run haphazardly through the traps if they're aware of them. They might "ignore" the danger to proceed to fight the target, but that doesn't mean they wont take caution to avoid the traps if they can do so. To me that falls under "obviously self-destructive orders".

The "to the exclusion of all else" bit means they're not going do things not associated with the task. Like they're not going to stop and answer questions if someone tries to ask them, but it doesn't mean they're not going to open a door if you tell them to go fight someone outside. It's not as "all or nothing" as you seem to be interpreting it. Run it a little more loosely on the "exclusion" bit and it will probably make more sense.