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• Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 08:57:14 PST
• From:
  "Seth I. Rich" <sir@po.cwru.edu>
• cc: MOO-Cows.PARC@xerox.com
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>How is call_function("notify", player, "SPAM"); any different from 
>eval("notify(player, \"SPAM\");")?  I fail to see how this adds any new 
>functionality to the server, just maybe a slightly more convienent form 
>than eval in some cases.

How about comparing
  call_function("notify", player, foo);
with
  eval("notify(player, " + FOO + ");");
...?  The latter leaves you wide-open for people to slip in nasties, while using call_function() makes you safer.

Seth / Blackbriar
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