del THEN run proc.

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Apr 16 2007, 3:06 am
 
mob/verb/test()
     del src
     some_loop_proc_i_made_earlier()

Now, I know that the loop will never run but consider this: I pet the delete src after the proc then the proc should run. But even THEN the proc wont run because src don't exist no more! How can I get the proc to run after src is dead (Note: the proc does not effect src in anyway, just the world which will not be deleted)?
Apr 16 2007, 3:18 am
I know that its probably not the actual code in your test, at least I hope not because it would be interesting how you would know if it ran after you were deleted....

Otherwise I don't know why it wouldn't work like this

mob/verb/test()
   some_loop_proc_he_made_earlier()
   del(usr) //It might be src in a verb(not sure what the src would be in this case...)

Apr 16 2007, 3:21 am
Spawn() it off:

mob/verb/test()
    spawn(1) whatever()
    del src


EDIT: Alternatively, you can set src to null:

mob/verb/test()
    var/mob/m=src
    src=null
    del m
    whatever()
Apr 16 2007, 3:30 am
In response to Jp
Jp wrote:
Spawn() it off:

Spawned code still runs as a proc linked to 'src', so that doesn't make a difference.