On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 07:23:51AM -0400, Justin Adler wrote:
> const char *to_vict = NULL, *to_room = NULL;
Don't read this too literally. In C it is used to declare a "string"
constant. Really, it is a pointer to a constant character, initially
pointed to the NULL address.
> to_vict = "You feel your strength wither!";
That sentence is a string constant. It is compiled directly into the
executable and loaded into memory when the MUD is started. The
command you reference is repointing *to_vict to the string constant
that contains the sentence. More specifically, it is setting the
address marker (pointer) named to_vict to be equal to the address
containing the first character of the chosen string constant.
I think.
But then again, I'm just a hack too...
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