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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000146 | LDMud 3.7 | General | public | 2004-11-26 20:15 | 2022-10-06 21:48 |
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| Priority | normal | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | N/A |
| Status | confirmed | Resolution | open | ||
| Summary | 0000146: Filenames in master calls should always start with a leading '/' | ||||
| Description | This might break backwards compatibility. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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Ok, had a look into it: - make_path_absolute(): obviously does not get an absolute path and should not. ;-) - include_file/inherit_file(): they get the file to be inherit/included not as absolute, because they should make them absolute, if necessary. The file currently compiled is given with absolute paths if !compat. - compile_object(): not absolute - get_ed_buffer_save_file_name(): not absolute - get_wiz_name(): not absolute - preload(): absolute paths - privilege_violation(): seems to get only objects, although its mixed according to the manpage. - valid_exec(): program has no leading / - valid_read()/valid_write(): absolute path. - runtime_error(), heart_beat_error(): curobj and curprg are not absolute. - runtime_warning(): curobj is made absolute if !compat, but curprg not. I just think about: another possibility than to manipulate the paths each time prior to apply_master() is to always use absolute object names and program names, not only during master applies, because that would be more consistent (e.g. you get the program in runtime_error() absolute, but in debug_info() it is not). But on the other hand, in the case of paths for reading/writing files that makes it more complicated access files in the driver... Also, in that case, we should first get rid of the compat mode. |
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We should get rid of compat mode anyway. :-) And I'd support the idea of having a leading '/' an all absolute path names. Most changes would affect the master only, so the compatibility is not that a problem (if we do it in 3.5). And I don't think it would complicate the driver side (you just have to use filename+1 to skip the leading '/'). |
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You are right. But one problem is to find all the places where we use such paths and not have to add some +1 to the pointers. I am not completely convinced that that will not be a pain in the ass. But maybe someone else has better knowledge. ;-) |
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Getting rid of compat mode: I'm not the one who would go over 100MB area lib code and check for correct handling of absolute path names in our compat mode mudlib. Fixing inherit "basic/living"; is easy with gred/sed, things like if (object_name(previous_object())[0..9]!="obj/player") not. Especially occurances where a filename is computed are almost only to find by the hard way. Lars already tried that and came to the conclusion that he'll stuck with native and !native mode. |
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With a simul_efun object_name() that removes the slash there would only be the master and simul_efun to check and occurrences of efun::object_name. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2004-11-26 20:15 |
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New Issue | |
| 2009-09-26 19:15 | zesstra | Status | new => assigned |
| 2009-09-26 19:15 | zesstra | Assigned To | => zesstra |
| 2009-09-28 15:01 | zesstra | Note Added: 0001327 | |
| 2009-09-29 12:28 | Gnomi | Note Added: 0001334 | |
| 2009-09-30 16:12 | zesstra | Relationship added | parent of 0000664 |
| 2009-09-30 16:13 | zesstra | Project | LDMud => LDMud 3.5 |
| 2009-09-30 16:14 | zesstra | Note Added: 0001362 | |
| 2009-09-30 17:02 | zesstra | Relationship added | parent of 0000254 |
| 2009-10-01 04:47 | Coogan | Note Added: 0001388 | |
| 2009-10-01 04:58 | Gnomi | Note Added: 0001389 | |
| 2010-07-14 04:39 | zesstra | Target Version | => 3.5.0 |
| 2017-10-04 21:39 | zesstra | Project | LDMud 3.5 => LDMud 3.6 |
| 2017-10-04 21:39 | zesstra | Category | Runtime => General |
| 2021-04-09 14:20 | zesstra | Assigned To | zesstra => |
| 2021-04-09 14:20 | zesstra | Status | assigned => confirmed |
| 2021-04-09 14:20 | zesstra | Target Version | 3.5.0 => |
| 2022-10-06 21:48 | Gnomi | Project | LDMud 3.6 => LDMud 3.7 |
