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You can put objects in the clock, but you can't get them back #40

Open eriktorbjorn opened 4 years ago

eriktorbjorn commented 4 years ago 
>PUT MATCH BOOK IN CLOCK
Okeh.

>GET MATCH BOOK
(You can't see any match book here!)

>GET MATCH BOOK FROM CLOCK
(You can't see any match book here!)

>LOOK IN CLOCK
As you'd expect, the case holds a long pendulum. You can also see some relays
and things.

This appears to be because CLOCK is a local global object ("So that SHOOT LOCK works on doors.")

I'm not sure how to handle this. It does seem strange that you can put the hidden handgun inside, and see that it fits, but you can't retrieve the handgun afterwards.

eriktorbjorn commented 4 years ago

The same thing also happens with BATHTUB, which also is a local global container. And in this case, it's extra bad because the bathtub really does appear in two rooms, TUB-ROOM and BUTLER-PATH. Put an object in the bathtub in one room, and you can see it (but not take it) in the other.