# #0:do_command()

Seth I. Rich (sir@po.cwru.edu)
Thu, 21 Sep 1995 09:56:40 PDT

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    > For command-line verbs, it seems that #0:do_command() sends its output
    > before the output of the player's verb.  I want to find a way to make it
    > (or something comparable to it) output _after_ the output of a
    > command-line verb.

    It should be very rare that #0:do_command should itself send output to
    the player.  This verb call is supported to permit specialized in-DB
    parsing (of whatever variety).

    However, I wonder what use it would be for a general function called
    -after- the verb is completed.  If my task suspends, what happens to
    this afterward verb call?  I suppose I don't see what possible use it
    could be.

    + I add a verb to myself.  What do you want to tell me afterwards, that's
      not part of the output of whatever command I used?
    + I start a database scanning task which completes in four hours.  What
      would your proposed code tell me?

    Are there any models under which such a hook would be useful?

    Seth / Blackbriar

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