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George line that can never be printed #65

Open eriktorbjorn opened 5 years ago

eriktorbjorn commented 5 years ago 
<ROUTINE I-GEORGE-HACK ("AUX" (GL <LOC ,GEORGE>) GT (TMP <>))
     <SET GT <GET ,GOAL-TABLES <GETP ,GEORGE ,P?CHARACTER>>>
     <COND (,GEORGE-READY
        <COND (<==? ,HERE .GL>
               <SETG GEORGE-READY <>>
               <SETG GEORGE-SCREAM <>>
               <SETG GEORGE-WAIT 1>
               <TELL
"\"I don't understand you, Inspector. I asked to be alone so I can take care
of some business. I...I don't see why you have to snoop around here like I was
some sort of suspect.\"" CR>
               <COND (,GEORGE-SCREAM
                  <TELL
"\"I said to close that door and not to come in! You must be deaf as well as
stupid!\"" CR>)>
               <RTRUE>)
              (<AND <FSET? ,GEORGE-DOOR ,OPENBIT>
                <NOT ,GEORGE-SCREAM>>
               <TELL
"As the door opens, you hear George say \"Close that door! I'm working!\"" CR>
               <SETG GEORGE-SCREAM T>
               <RTRUE>)>)

The "I said to close that door and not to come in!" line can never be printed, because GEORGE-SCREAM is cleared a few lines earlier. I'm not sure what the intention was here.