Re: Connection redirection

• Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 01:56:56 PST
• From:
  Kipp the Kidd <mcmudge@mailbox.syr.edu>
• Cc: moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
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(While just reading through this, I found that it might be a bit
confusing... you should still at least figure out the code.)

>I wrote a bind(obj, obj) function which would bind any connection 
>(unconnected `negative' object or not) and rebind it to any other 
>connection, playerbit or not.
             ^^^^^^^^^

While disagreeing with this whole idea, I suddenly found something that
makes sense.  Wouldn't it be MUCH simpler if ALL incoming/outgoing
connections, positive OR negative, that are not in a read() simply went
through #0:handle_input()?  :handle_input() would have to handle stuff like
redirect(login-screen-player,real-player) and parse(player,cmd).
#0:new_connection() would simply be called when someone connects.
To make this hack completely compatable with the current set up, the verbs
would look like this:

#0:handle_input
if(valid(player))
  this:do_command(@args) || parse(player,argstr);
else
  valid(what=this:do_login_command(@args)) && is_player(what) &&
redirect(player,what);
endif
.
#0:new_connection
valid(what=this:do_login_command("")) && is_player(what) &&
redirect(player,what);
.

This code won't print connected/created messages, but it'd still work.  It
should clear up ALOT of mix-arounds in the server, make read()s in the login
possible, clear up confusion about user_connected/user_disconnected (one is
called with non-player connections and one isn't), and sort the connections
into four or five verbs:
new_incoming_connection
new_outgoing_connection
handle_input
user_client_disconnected
user_disconnected

I'm not sure how easy this would be to implement, or worse, how hard it'd be
to clean out the old way.  I will see if I can make a patch for this!

- Kipp
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