Subject: Re: Bug in 1.7.6?

From: "M. Strata Rose" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 10:25:30 -0700

Pavel sez:
Now, that was the truth, but *should* it be so?  I propose in version 1.8.0
to
eliminate the possibility of output from an open_network_connection() being
treated as normal MOO commands.  Outbound network connections would be
completely distinguished from inbound ones and only read() would drain the
received output from the connection.

YES!!!  An unqualified yes.  This is in fact a mod which I am in the process
of making to the latest server, so if you're going to do it for 1.8.0 could I
get the diffs so that I'll be maximally compatible with it when it comes out?
Virtual City (tm) Network and VCMTA make critical use of this feature and
some related ones which I am adding in.

_Strata

M. Strata Rose
Unix & Network Consultant, SysAdmin & Internet Information 
Virtual City Project
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From: Pavel Curtis <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 14:57:23 -0700

> Date:	Wed, 13 Oct 1993 10:25:30 -0700
> From:	"M. Strata Rose" <[email-masked]>
> 

If the change goes in, it's straightforward; in server.c:make_new_connection(),
there's already an `outbound' boolean argument.  That would get passed on to
tasks.c:new_task_queue() and remembered on the task queue.  Input lines on such
queues would never be considered as commands.

	Pavel