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Subject: Re: [Inform] Pronoun problems
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:44:22 -0400
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mfischer5@aol.com (MFischer5) wrote:
>it doesn't work. If I give replace "him" with a different word (say, "kunkel"),
>then everything is dandy. The scoping routine runs off, throws everything into
>scope, the grammar routines finds "kunkel" and all is well. However, if I
>switch back from "kunkel" to "him" I get:
>
>>XYZZY HIM
>I'm not sure what "him" refers to.
>
>Suggestions?

The only thing that comes to mind (warning: untested), is
the possibility of setting the pronoun (with...uhm...
PronounNotice() or SetPronoun()) in the scope-altering
routine(s).

That *seems* like it should work, but without knowing your
"scope-mangling" routines, it's really just a quick shot
in the dark.
