On Sun, 17 Aug 1997, Jeremy Elson wrote:
>> - Gets rid of the olc.c warning.
>
>I kept that in so people would know olc isn't done :-).
In olc.c:
#warning This is not done.
:)
>> - Loaded objects appear in inventory, not ground
>
>Seems just as inconvenient to have it load into your inventory if
>you're loading for someone else..
Personal preference here really.
>> - Stack overflow bugfix.
>
>Ack.. I keep meaning to look for those. (Go to the bugtraq archive
>at www.geek-girl.com and search for gethostbyname...)
Thankfully this is not exploitable as it only occurs if you have an 'xname'
extry over 20 characters long and it is CircleMUD's fault.
>The buffer system seemed like a really good idea at the time, but for
>this exact reason it seems like a lot more trouble than it's worth.
And it's a pain in the butt to get off of that system too!
>I'll take a look at your system. Unfortunately, I kind of like the
>return-style more than the if-else-else-else-else..... style, because
>I think the return style is easier to read and write.
That's why I added release_my_buffers(); :)
I'm not done with the patch yet, there's soooo many references to your
system. Check out the projects page for a snapshot with the
release_my_buffer() type of releasing. Soon as it's done, it should be
good. It prevents 'lost' buffers by releasing them all every tick although
I should change that to every 10 ticks or something, but in an optimal
case, release_all_buffers() shouldn't be needed at all.
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