[MUD-Dev] Population container

[clawrenc at cup.hp.com]

In <Pine.SOL.3.94.970627161252.16316F-100000 at eduserv1.rug.ac.be>, on
06/27/97 
   at 07:54 PM, Wout Mertens <Wout.Mertens at rug.ac.be> said:

>I forgot to say that you can start folding beasties back in the
>container when there has been nobody in the being-contained-area for
>a while. (I tend to forget to say stuff like that, sorry)

This doesn't handle the obvious mechanical problems.  The core problem
is guaranteeing that the folding is not detectable by players:

  > l
  You are in a corridor that runs east west.
  There is a T-Rexx here.
  > w
  You are at the end of a corridor that runs east west.  
  The only exit is to the east.
  > e
  You are in a corridor that runs east west.
  There is a T-Rexx here.
  The T-Rexx leaves west.
  > wait a really long time.
  > w
  ...no T-Rexx...

(No, I don't have a possible solution -- does anyone else?)

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