SYNOPSIS void runtime_error( string err, string prg, string curobj, int line , mixed culprit, int caught) DESCRIPTION This function has to announce a runtime error to the active user. If the user has enough privileges, it might give him the full error message together with the source line. Else it should issue a decent message ("Your sensitive mind notices a wrongness in the fabric of space"). is the error message, is the program executed (which might be an inherited program), is the current object at the time of the error. is the linenumber within the program. If the error is a normal runtime error, is -1. Otherwise, the error occurred during a heartbeat and is the object which heart_beat() function was executed. Also, in case of a heartbeat error, the heartbeat for the has been turned off. If the error is caught on a higher level, is non-zero; otherwise it is 0. Note that any of the the objects or programs might be destructed, ie. might be passed as 0. One common pitfall in the implementation of runtime_error() is that runtime_error() itself could run out of evaluation ticks, causing a runtime error itself. The workaround is to use limited() like this: static void handle_runtime_error ( string err, string prg, string curobj , int line) { ... the actual error handler ... } static void call_runtime_error (string err, string prg, string curobj, int line) { limited(#'handle_runtime_error, ({ 200000 }), err, prg, curobj , line); } void runtime_error (string err, string prg, string curobj, int line) { limited(#'call_runtime_error, ({ LIMIT_UNLIMITED }) , err, prg, curobj, line); } HISTORY LDMud 3.2.9 added the argument. LDMud 3.2.12/3.3.705 added the argument. SEE ALSO log_error(M), heart_beat_error(M), runtime_warning(M), raise_error(E), expand_define(E)