Desparate...

• Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 18:49:00 PST
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  PILOSOF AVI <avi.pilosof@tafensw.edu.au>
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I mailed this before, but I'm not sure if it went through, and I really need 
some help with this...

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I am suddenly getting some strange errors which seem to involve string 
matching.

When I type "l", look is invoked well.

However, if there's an object lying around (happens to be called "screen"), 
and I type "l screen" or "look screen", I get this:

#3:match (this == #84), line 1:  Verb not found
... called from #20:match_object, line 17
... called from #1:match_object (this == #84), line 3
... called from #3:l*ook (this == #84), line 11
(End of traceback)

However, if I pick up the object, it works.

Also, if I type "look blah", where "blah" is anything nonexistent, I also 
get the same error.

This has only happened recently, after I did some programming. The only verb 
I changed was $room:look_self(). And I added a verb called "ex" to $room, 
which lists the exits.

I've reverted $room:look_self() to its original form, and it doesn't help.

Also, the same problem is now affecting the help system.

If I ask for help on a nonexistent item, I get this:

#3:match (this == #84), line 1:  Verb not found
... called from #20:match_object, line 17
... called from #60:find_topics, line 4
... called from #59:help_db_search, line 9
... called from #6:?* help info*rmation @help (this == #2), line 12
(End of traceback)


This is driving me crazy. I haven't changed the code to look(), 
match_object(), match(), or any of those.

Please help me out here! TIA.

Avi

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