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ID:132348 Apr 9 2011, 6:14 am
BigJMoney	What's the best way to report a bug found in a library? Post in the lib's comments? I found a nefarious little bug in the AbyssDragon.Parser

Apr 9 2011, 7:02 am
Stephen001	Well the issue with AbyssDragon is I don't believe he develops on BYOND anymore. But in general yes, putting a comment on the hub is usually a good first step if the author hasn't provided a means of reporting bugs.

Apr 9 2011, 7:37 am

In response to Stephen001

BigJMoney

If I give it a while, and he's really not around any more, his library contains this disclaimer:

"Feel free to modify/improve/destroy/steal/use any of this code however you see fit.

A thanks or mention in your project would be nice, but neither are required."

It seems like his library could be modified, removed and reuploaded with credit for the original going to him. That's assuming a lot of people use his LIB -- I'm surprised nobody found this bug yet.

Basically the bug breaks the Command priority functionality that his LIB advertises. If you place a lower priority command at certain places in your code, they are ignored completely.

-- John M.