> > Can anyone explain what this means to me? It is an entry in my
> > syslog. I am lost..got no idea what is causing it...any help
> > appreciated
> >
> > Dec 8 15:34:20 :: SYSERR: Assertion failed at handler.c:583!
>
> It would really help if you showed us handler.c line#583 in context.
>
> Also, you can find out what just about any error message means by
> grepping for the text of the message in the source, then look at that
> and see what test(s) have to occur to generate the message, for example
> (in obvious pseudocode)...
>
> if (!IS_LAMB(ch)) {
> mudlog("SYSERR: Only sheep should be here!", ... );
> return;
> }
Of course, an assertion error is generally caused by a piece of
code like "ASSERT(ch)" - where if it is false stops the execution of the
program rather rudely. But that's just assertion errors.
PjD
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