Re: Inform: Missing thing in new manual


Tue, 21 Nov 1995 05:02:31 GMT

In article <199511201956.OAA11920@papaya.ucs.indiana.edu>,
Sam Hulick <shulick@papaya.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>
>Looking through the new manual, I figure I'd find something about #Stub,
>but I didn't. How does it work? Why is it that when I do this:
>
>#Stub CreditRoutine 0;
>
>then I define CreditRoutine() later, it complains about it being
>multiply defined?? What does the number mean after the routine name?

Grepping through my text copy. :) I find the following:

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xx These recondite directives exist, but not for public use:

Default Dictionary Listsymbols Listdict Listverbs Lowstring Stub
System_file Trace Btrace Etrace Ltrace Notrace Nobtrace Noetrace
Noltrace

(all in the TM). The one low-level directive which might be of practical use
is Abbreviate (see '28), an economy measure for enormous games.

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It seems that Stub is a pretty cryptic corner of Inform. It will be
documented in the Technical manual when it comes out (that's what "TM" is
for). If there is a Tech manual still at GMD, you might want to have a
look at it, even though it's an older version.

/Steve