It is frequently useful when debugging to show the state of a room or
unreferrable object, but this is very difficult under 6/10.
The Designer's Manual (p. 98) states that SHOWOBJ should accept an object
number (derived e.g. from TREE), but instead this lists details for that
number of objects, which is a surprising result for the unwary author. Simply add one line to the debugging section of Grammar.h SHOWOBJ alone is not documented, but usefully shows the current room.
About Patches
Issue L61030
SHOWOBJ (number) should work as documented
Submitted by: Cedric Knight
Appeared in: Library 6/10 or before
Fixed in: Library 6/11
Problem
Solution
Verb meta 'showobj'
* -> Showobj
* number -> Showobj ! added
* multi -> Showobj;
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