Re: fix for close_socket (fwd)

From: Jeremy Elson (jelson@blaze.cs.jhu.edu)
Date: 08/31/95


> 
> The code fix my coder put in, does not allow for duping.
> 
> As soon as a dupe char comes in, if they meet the password check, they 
> usurp the other connection.  If they don't meet it, they're kicked out in 3.

That's what standard Circle is supposed to do, too.  But there are cases
in which it doesn't work.  The problem is that there are so many possible
states in which a character can be, and duping is possible unless you
make sure to check all of them exhaustively.



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