spawn() problem

ID:140554
 
Nov 24 2009, 10:58 am
Code:
if(src.hp<=0)
   del src
   spawn(30) usr<<"A corpse decays"


Problem description:

I'm trying to implement this code where it notifies the player that the corpse of the mob they just killed has decayed, however, nothing is working after spawn(30). the text is never displayed. What is the problem?
Nov 24 2009, 11:08 am
Execution of a function (be it proc or verb) is (normally) terminated after the object owning the function is deleted (though there are special exceptions).
Or, in other words, everything after del src is left out, because there no longer is a 'src' around.