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<HR><H2>Re: [COLD] 'user()' builtin function..</H2>
<H3>daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tue Apr 23 11:00:57 1996
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 09:38:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: Stephen Smoogen &lt;smooge@duracef.shout.net&gt;
To: Brandon Gillespie &lt;brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com&gt;
cc: coldstuff@cold.org
In-Reply-To: &lt;Pine.BSF.3.91.960422125842.3006A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com&gt;

On Mon, 22 Apr 1996, Brandon Gillespie wrote:

&gt; Ok, I'm breaking down here.  Should we add a 'user()' builtin?  This 
&gt; function would go alongside 'sender()' and 'caller()', it would be more 
&gt; appropriately called 'controller()'.  Since ColdC is developed for a 
&gt; multi-connection server environment it only makes sense that there would 
&gt; be a central object to control a single 'connection'.  How this builtin 
&gt; would work is there would be a controller variable which defaults to the 
&gt; connection starting the task, but allow the task to set a different 
&gt; controller as things go..
&gt; 
&gt; -Brandon Gillespie-
&gt; 
&gt; Do you prefer 'user()' or 'controller()'?

I would go with either controller() or requestor()... but prefer 
controller(). The reason being is that I could have an AINPC running 
around in the enviroment or some other item. It would not be a user 
though... (just semantics).

Stephen

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