[DGD] Newbie question: command "status" always fails

[Raymond Jennings]

What's the connection info again?

On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Blain <blain20 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Raymond Jennings <shentino at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Are any of the objects you're using destructed in the middle of a call?
> >
> > I checked the source code in question and it appears to nil out if
> > this_object() has been destructed.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Hauke Joachim Zühl <
> hzuehl at phone-talk.de
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am playing around with DGD and its kernel lib, which means: I am
> > > migrating
> > > an old mud lib just to learn LPC and so.
> > >
> > > I am running DGD 1.4.18, Kernel 1.3.4.
> > >
> > > My problem is that I cannot use (e.g.) the "status" command, since I
> > added
> > > some files as documented into /usr/System/[obj|sys].
> > >
> > > This is the error, DGD tells me:
> > > Feb  6 17:34:46 ** Value is not an array
> > >   55 receive_message   /kernel/obj/telnet (#29)
> > >  217 receive_message   /kernel/lib/connection (/kernel/obj/telnet#29)
> > >  228 receive_message   /usr/System/obj/user (#30)
> > >   54 input             /usr/System/obj/wiztool (#31)
> > >  818 call_limited      /kernel/lib/auto (/usr/System/obj/wiztool#31)
> > >  119 process           /usr/System/obj/wiztool (#31)
> > > 1954 cmd_status        /kernel/lib/wiztool (/usr/System/obj/wiztool#31)
> > >
> > > So, in /kernel/lib/auto.c it is line 612:
> > >     if (!this_object()) {
> > >         return nil;
> > >     }
> > >
> > > which alway returns nil.
> > >
> > > wiztool calls this command by
> > > call_other(this_object(), "cmd_" + str, user, str, arg);
> > >
> > > It will be nice if one can point to the right direction.
> > >
> > > If you need further information, just ask.
> > >
> > > Thanks and regards,
> > > Hauke
> > >
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