# Builtins [LPMOO]

Gustavo Glusman (bmgustav@bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il)
Wed, 13 Sep 1995 23:06:46 PDT

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    >>>   - allow any unknown() to exist, and bind the function at runtime; perhaps
    >>>     redirect it to #0:unknown()
    >>
    >>By far the best idea.  Then maybe raise E_BFNF if the verb isn't on #0.
    >>This will allow you to write some nifty things that seem like builtins,
    >>just to be compatable with other LambdaMOO builtins...
    >
    >This is all fine and dandy, but doesn't this idea then lead to the bfs
    > server_started(), do_login_command(), etc?  While you should have security
    > in those verbs to make sure they are server tasks, it'll just be messy.
    > Perhaps redirecting them to $bf or something.  But that has other problems
    > as well... mmh...

    How about making unknown() into #0:bf_unknown() ?

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