[PENNMUSH] 1.8.1-patch06

[Javelin]

The PennMUSH development team announces the release of 1.8.1-patch06

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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Major Changes:
  * pcre updated to 6.4. This includes such nifty features and
    named captures. [SW]
  * NT_TCP code has been removed from the server. It was deemed
    less useful than keeping the networking code unitary and
    the ability to @shutdown/reboot. Patch by Nathan Baum.
Flags:
  * New LOUD flag (admin-settable) causes an object to bypass
    speech (including chat) and interaction locks. Admin and others
    with Pemit_All no longer pass interaction locks automatically
    unless they are also LOUD. Patch by Cheetah at M*U*S*H.
Locks:
  * New DBREFLIST^<attrib> lock key checks to see if the enactor
    appears in a list of dbrefs/objids stored on an attribute of
    the object, simplifying a very common need. Suggested by
    NightDaemon at M*U*S*H, patch by Cheetah at M*U*S*H.
Powers:
  * Many_Attribs power allows an object to have more attributes
    than the max_attrs_per_obj parameter. Suggested by Nymeria at M*U*S*H.
Functions:
  * decompose() now decomposes ansi codes into ansi() calls.
    Patch by Sketch at M*U*S*H.
  * mapsql() efficiently feeds sql query results to an attribute. [GM]
  * wildgrep()/wildgrepi() are versions of grep()/grepi() that now take 
    wildcard patterns instead of substrings. [SW]
  * regmatch()/regedit() now has a more flexible syntax for assigning
    subpatterns to %q-registers. [SW]
  * decompose() no longer inserts an initial backslash all the time.
    Suggested by Trinsec at M*U*S*H.
  * ordinal() returns the spelled-out ordinal form of an integer.
    Suggested by Malone at HavenMUSH.
Minor Changes:
  * Font size tags (for pueblo) are not quite so huge for room names.
  * The /noeval switch for @command is now called /noparse.
    Patch by Nathan Baum.
  * hints/cygwin.sh has been removed, as no hints were needed to
    build on cygwin when tested with 1.5.19-4. win32/README.cygwin
    has been added to document the cygwin build process.
  * Added hints/darwin-fink.sh and README.OSX. [SW]
Fixes:
  * Track_Money objects with No_Pay still reported coins lost to
    queue costs, even though they didn't pay them. Report by
    Cheetah at M*U*S*H. [GM]
  * Help fixes by Trinsec at M*U*S*H, Cheetah at M*U*S*H.
  * Various %c weirdnesses fixed by Cheetah at M*U*S*H.
  * Better message in restart when mush.cnf not found by Talvo at M*U*S*H.
  * @alias provides more specific error messages for invalid aliases
    of various sorts. Suggested by Intrevis at M*U*S*H.
  * Function restriction localize now appears in @function info output.
    Better error messages when attempting to use invalid function
    restrictions.  Reported by Trinsec at M*U*S*H.
  * Linting of warnings. [SW]
  * Command and function names may now really start with punctuation 
    characters.  Reported by Talvo at M*U*S*H.
  * Fixes from 1.8.0p11.