On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Torgny Bjers wrote: > Isn't: > send_to_char(ch, buf); > > Supposed to be: > send_to_char(buf, ch); > > Or did the send_to_char get switched around recently? It was switched for variable argument support in bpl21. This was part of a general effort (by George) to clean up buffering in CircleMUD. Note that the formerly common idiom /* For pre-bpl21. buf is global, a, b, c are locals. */ sprintf(buf, "%s %d %d\r\n", a, b, c); send_to_char(buf, ch); was undesirable both for its use of a global buffer and the failure to check for overflow. With the change, send_to_char() is both safer (because the buffer handling is internal and checked with snprintf()) and more convenient: /* bpl21 and up. */ send_to_char(ch, "%s %d %d\r\n", a, b, c); -dak -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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