Subject: USE_SYSTEM_MALLOC and @exam/exam

From: Lynx <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 15:53:43 -0700

ok, first off, I came across memory_usage() and was trying to figure out the
help on it.  The help says to not use the compiler option USE_SYSTEM_MALLOC, if
one wants memory_usage() to work.  well, USE_SYSTEM_MALLOC wasn't/isn't used to
compile DarkurtheMOO's binary, and memory_usage is still returning nothing. 
Being the curious person I am, I recompiled with that flag.  still
nothing...whats up?  (BTW, the system is a DEC 5000/125 running Ultrix 4.2)

Next, there is a comment in $player:@exam:

"This verb should probably go away once 'examine' is in place.";

Well, the verb 'examine' works fine...does this mean its in place? (eg make
@exam return: try 'examine' )...?  (figured I would ask before I dredged though
yet more code)

		-Brandon (Lynx/Shade --DarkurtheMOO)

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From: [email-masked] (Erik Ostrom)
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 16:02:56 -0700

> @exam return: try 'examine' )...?  (figured I would ask before I dredged
> though yet more code)

Well, yes.  A less obvious approach would be

  @rmverb $player:@examine
  (or @rename $player:@examine to @examine(old))
  @addalias @exam*ine to $player:examine

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From: Pavel Curtis <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 09:51:16 -0700

> Date:	Sat, 24 Jul 1993 15:53:43 -0700
> From:	Lynx <[email-masked]>
> 
> help on it.  The help says to not use the compiler option USE_SYSTEM_MALLOC,
> if one wants memory_usage() to work.  well, USE_SYSTEM_MALLOC wasn't/isn't
> used to compile DarkurtheMOO's binary, and memory_usage is still returning
> nothing.  Being the curious person I am, I recompiled with that flag.  still

This is a documentation bug that I just fixed.  The correct option is now
called USE_GNU_MALLOC; if it isn't defined in options.h, then memory_usage()
will always return the empty list.

	Pavel