[DGD] Aliases & Stacked commands

[Michael McKiel]

I'm in the process of completing an aliasd.c an alias command and the
inheritable into the user file, and have come across what is a potential
problem, wherein an alias can do multiple actions

ie: alias foo this;that;another

The problem is that when the alias is expanded all the actions are performed,
and perhaps too quickly - meaning if it was a client-side alias, each bit
would get re-sent to be passed thru the given user's receive_message() but
since this is an in-game/system alias the active thread wont end until the
whole alias has been processed.
    I've considered a few different work-arounds for this, but none seem to
be very clean. And even the possibility of a to-do command-stack (array)
stored in a given user object, with a possible timed delay, but then if you
make that a series of call_out's to perform the command then you lose the
current 'this_user()' 
    Has anyone else tackled this problem, or have any different suggestions
on how one might go about it? Would a call_out that calls into a user's
receive_message in essence make them this_user() ? 

When I started alias and its related functions I figured piece of cake, its
becoming immeasurably more complex than the helpd heh.



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