[PENNMUSH-ANNOUNCE] 1.7.7-patch35

[Javelin]

The PennMUSH development team announces the release of 1.7.7-patch35

You can retrieve this patch, or a complete tarball of this version
of PennMUSH, from the PennMUSH download site http://ftp.pennmush.org/Source

Please read the instructions at the top of the patch file if using
a patch. Sometimes they differ slightly. Changes in this patch
are listed below.

Enjoy!

  Javelin, for the penndevs

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Attributes:
  * NO_NAME and NO_SPACE attribute flags, when applied to @o-message
    attributes, omit either the enactor's name or the space after it
    when sending the message to others. Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H. [3]
Commands:
  * @break <expression>=<new command> now runs <new command>
    instead of simply stopping execution when <expression> is true.
    New command @assert breaks and runs new command when <expression>
    is false.  Suggested by Philip Mak and Zebranky at M*U*S*H. Patch by 
    Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * The new command 'huh_command' is responsible for handling unmatched
    command input. By default, it produces the usual Huh? message, but
    it can be overridden with @hook. Logging of huhs is now controlled
    in restrict.cnf and the log_huhs mush.cnf directive is removed.
    Suggested by T'orA and Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * New @decompile/prefix switch generalizes @decompile/tf.
    Prefixes are now applied even when decompiling multiple attributes,
    and a bug in doing so is corrected. Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * New @edit/first switch only replaces first occurrence of string.
    Suggested by Kevin at M*U*S*H.
Functions:
  * malias() function for examining mail aliases. Inspired by
    Kevin at M*U*S*H.
  * llocks()/locks() lists locks on an object. Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * lset() function works like @lset. Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * lockflags() and llockflags() show short and long flags set on a lock.
    Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * lattrp() is lattr() including parent attribs. Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * nattr(obj/wildcardpattern) is now supported. Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * nattrp() is nattr() including parent attribs. Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * xattr(obj/wildcardpattern,start,count) extracts the corresponding
    elements from lattr(). xattrp() is xattr() including parent attribs. 
    Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
Minor changes (user-visible):
  * @lset and lock() recognize locks beginning with user:. Patch by
    Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * When a player causes an ambiguous channel match, the error message
    mentions CHAN_USEFIRSTMATCH, which now has a help entry.
    Suggested by Luke at M*U*S*H.
  * New sort options: sorting by dbref name, idle time, connection seconds, 
    creation time, owner dbref, and attribute values.  sort() and any 
    functions that use list2arr() are now ansi-aware. Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * You can @name yourself to your @alias; this swaps name and alias.
    Suggested by Oriens at Alexandria. Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
Minor changes (internals):
  * Several global variables are now encapsulated in a single structure
    to reduce potential namespace clashes.
  * Reorganization of some filecopy.c code. [SW]
Fixes:
  * @mail manipulation specifying folder 0 explicitly when the
    current folder is non-zero didn't work right. Report by 
    Jess Hawthorne.
  * Buffer overflow in string handling fixed. Report by Ashen-Shugar.
  * @sitelock/name of an already locked name no longer creates extra
    entries. Report by Nymeria at M*U*S*H.
  * make depend no longer produces an unterminated Makefile.SH.
    Reported by Bytor and Cheetah at M*U*S*H.
  * Help fixes by [SW].
  * Fix to replace_string2 to prevent overflow situations. Report by
    Atuarre. [SW].
  * Removed non-static shutdownsock prototype in hdrs/mysocket.h.
    Report by Kholnuu at M*U*S*H.
  * SQL code should be much more memory-efficient. [SW]
  * Code cleanup and fixes to some memory leaks with strcoll. [SW]