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From: "Sam Hulick" <shulick@guava.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Inform: parsing an apostrophe
Message-ID: <199512032027.PAA15738@guava.ucs.indiana.edu>
Organization: Vallen Software
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 15:27:22 -0500 (EST)
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I tried to do something like this:

   if (second == 'thieves' or 'thieves@@39')  (39 = ascii for apostrophe)
     ...

But it wouldn't work.  I've also had problems in the past with parsing
it, i.e.:

  Object bcar "Bob's car"
   with  name "bob's" "car",
   ..

It just wouldn't parse the '.

On the same note, I'd like to recommend an addition to the library.
Let's say there are two characters in the room, both holding a blue
urn.  Rather than just tying "examine blue urn" (would it pick one, or
would it say it didn't know which one?), it would be nice to type
"examine joe's urn".  Just a suggestion.

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