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This is the most current changes file for PennMUSH. Please look it over;
each version contains new things which might significantly affect the
function of your server.
==========================================================================
Version 1.50 patchlevel 8 #1, April 21, 1993
--- Features ---
- New additions -
* TINY_ATTRS option imitates 2.0 examine attribute format.
* Player ZONE flag and ZoneMaster control for "safe" zones.
* @hide command hides player from WHO list.
* Compression program can be set in conf file (recommended: gzip)
* @oemit can now take the format "room/player".
* AF_MDARK and AF_WIZARD are now settable attribute flags by priv'd
players. They're 'm' and 'w' in the attribute flags list.
* @pcreate power added.
* @motd/full and full.txt displayed when game is full.
* Added channel-wipe.
* Added @alias.
- New functions -
* VISIBLE() - can one object examine another object or attribute?
* ITEMS(), ELEMENT(), DELETE(), REPLACE, INSERT() - arbitrary-separator
functions which operate on lists.
* ORFLAGS(), ANDFLAGS() - check existence of muliple flags.
* FULLNAME() - returns the full name of something.
* Big pile of floating-point functions added.
- Improvements -
* LATTR() takes an <obj>/<wildcard attr> pattern.
* @prefix and @inprefix do pronoun substitution.
* @search takes an 'eval' parameter.
* Failing to give a second arg to @lock or @link unlocks/unlinks.
* MAIL() can now retrieve messages owned by other players, and count
the number of messages a player has.
* Log formats should be a bit more consistent. For the connect log,
all messages should show hostname and descriptor.
* The new config option SINGLE_LOGFILE dumps all error messages to
stderr, freeing up some file descriptors.
* New conf option enables/disables logging of @wizwalls.
* AIX port done, some other config defs fixed.
* SORT() now 'autodetects' the sort type. NSORT() is no longer
necessary and has been removed.
--- Other changes / bug fixes ---
- Minor changes -
* decompile_atrs() and attribute text lock checking use local instead
of regular wild_match.
* strdup() uses bcopy() for speed.
* Examining an Opaque object doesn't show you the contents unless
you control the object.
* Rewrote atr_complete_match(). Also fixed the case-sensitivity
problem with attribute locks.
* Main command loop no longer checks to make sure that everything God
does is caused by God (so @adesc, etc. works).
* GET_EVAL() is now an alias for U() rather than EVAL().
* Parameter order of exec() changed to match 2.0's.
* All conf parameters now have default values.
* (Dis)connects of hidden players do show up on priv'd channels.
* Non-listening objects trigger @aenter and @aleave (but not the
messages, since that's annoying.)
* @search, @find, and examine always ignore the MYOPIC flag.
* Queue stuff is now refunded at startup.
* PID printed to log at startup.
- Bug fixes -
* Lots of screw-ups with flag sets fixed.
* Conf file sets of flags now work properly.
* #def's of FUNCTION and XFUNCTION changed so Ultrix compiler
doesn't complain.
* LSEARCH() uses safe_str and safe_chr. Also fixed a problem with
a variable being used before being initialized, and a problem
with searching on powers.
* parse_dbref no longer ignores trailing garbage. "#123's foo" no
longer equates "#123".
* extra_arglist() obeys nesting (and fixes SWITCH() problem).
* convert_flags() handles 'E' flag properly.
* Fixed a parser bug in attribute sets which truncated at a '/'.
* Fixed some coredump bugs caused by not checking for HOME.
* dup_bool() error fixed (added BOOLEXP_OWNER case).
* db_free() frees enter and use keys (fixes potential memory leak).
* Prevented overwrites of built-in functions via @function.
* Fixed null-message-repeat chat bug.
* Fixed negative semaphore timeout problem.
* WORDS() uses ' ' instead of isspace().
* REMOVE() no longer screws up on things like 'remove(#434 #43 #22,#43)'
* Rewrote the setfuns 2.0-style. No more buffer overflows.
* Fixed problem with INDEX() and friends choking on null separators.
* Fixed function recursion bug caused by erroneous decrementation of
the function invocation counter. Took out redundant recursion
checks in the ufuns.
* Fixed coredump bug with closing null pointer to mail db.
* Login limit works properly.
* @scan takes the correct args and should no longer choke on '='.
* Bits of code cleanup in do_set(). @listen and @startup get handled
properly when lowercased.
* SQUISH() trims leading spaces properly.
* NO_TEL works correctly again.
* upcasestr() doesn't gag on NULL.
* 'visual' attribute flag saves/loads properly.
* Null names no longer kill @find.
* Null names get checked at startup and fixed if necessary.
* 'no_inherit' attribute flag works properly.