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4468: Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and

On 13/12/97 at 04:56 PM, Richard Woolcock <KaVir@dial.pipex.com> said:
>Adam Wiggins wrote:
>> [Stephen Zepp:]

>> You're confusing 'name' with description.  The situation you describe
>> should look like so:
...
>>  ] examine short
>>  You take a close look at the shortsword.
>>  It weighs around six stones.  The blade is about three handsbreath long.
>>  The hilt is wrapped in leather.  Delicate paterns are etched into the
>>  well-worn blade.  It could use some sharpening.
>>  ]
>>  Bubba says, 'Only fifty coppers for that fine item.'
>>  ] name sword Sting
>>  You will now call the shortsword 'Sting'.
>>  ] l in purse
>>  You have three copper pieces.
>>  ] doh
>>  ] return short
>>  You return the shortsword to its spot on the wall.

>Out of interest, shouldn't that be "You return Sting to its spot on the
>wall"? 

Both would work as "short", and "sword" are descriptive references, and
would only be ambiguous if you possesed other objects those tags fit. 
"Sting" conversely is a name, and gives a guaranteed result.  The others
are contextual.  The same flexibility works in all the other cases and
object types as well.

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