LONG(L)

NAME
	long - print out a long description of an item

SYNOPSIS
	void long(string str);

LOCATION
	Must be in any object a player can examine.

DESCRIPTION
	Whenever a player examines or looks at an object, then long() is
	called in that object.  

NOTES
	Note that while short(L) returns a string, long() returns nothing.
	Instead the task of write()-ing the description must be handled
	in the function.  The function query_long(), used in many mudlibs
	to return a description in a string, is NOT supported here.

	Before long(str) is called, id(str) has already been checked.  Only
	items that are recognized in id(L) can be examined.

	Most standard mudlib objects have a set_long() lfun which can be
	used to set a description.  The files room.c and thing.c also
	supply extra 'item' longs.

EXAMPLES
	void long(string str) {
 	   switch( str ) {
 	      case "window":
 	         write("The window is "+( open ? "open" : "closed")+".\n");
 	         return;
	      case "desk":
	      case "desktop":
	      case "old desk":
	         write("On the desktop there are some papers.\n");
	         return;
	      default:
	         ::long(str);
	   }
	}

SEE ALSO
	short(L), id(L), extra_look(L)

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add_hook	add_weight	can_put_and_get	clean_up	drop
extra_look	get	heart_beat	id	init
init_arg	is_armour	is_money	is_weapon	long
query_auto_load	query_hook	query_long	query_name	query_prevent_move_from_statue
remove_hook	reset	set_long	set_name	set_short
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