On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Ryan Gasper or Steven Arnold wrote:
>heard anyone mention it. When someone is replying to someone who has
>quit the game, the mud crashes. How do I check to make sure the person is
>still there?
from do_reply:
[...]
/*
* Make sure the person you're replying to is still playing by searching
* for them. Note, now last tell is stored as player IDnum instead of
* a pointer, which is much better because it's safer, plus will still
* work if someone logs out and back in again.
*/
while (tch != NULL && GET_IDNUM(tch) != GET_LAST_TELL(ch))
tch = tch->next;
if (tch == NULL)
send_to_char("They are no longer playing.\r\n", ch);
else
perform_tell(ch, tch, argument);
[...]
It's in stock code.
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