double
Date::getSince(Date &lag, const char *ref)
{
// this wrapping method returns the time lag since date.
// valid expr for desc: seconds, minutes, hours, days, months year
// If date is omitted, a reference date must have been
// set previously.
std::string sRef(ref);
if( sRef.size() > 0 )
setDate(sRef);
double dJul=lag.getJulianDay() - getJulianDay();
if( unitStr.substr(0,1) == "y" )
{ // ToDo
return 0.;
}
else if( unitStr.substr(0,2) == "mo" )
{ // ToDo
return 0.;
}
else if( unitStr.substr(0,4) == "day" )
return static_cast<double>(dJul);
else if( unitStr.substr(0,1) == "h" )
return static_cast<double>(dJul*24.);
else if( unitStr.substr(0,2) == "mi" )
return static_cast<double>(dJul*24.*60.);
else if( unitStr.substr(0,1) == "s" )
return static_cast<double>(dJul*24.*60.*60.);
return 0.; // a return statement here is required for the xlc++
}
// Check for a matching named reference.
//
static dbref absolute_named_reference(UTF8 *name)
{
if ( NULL == name
|| '\0' == name[0])
{
return NOTHING;
}
mux_string sRef(name);
if ('_' != name[0])
{
sRef.append(T("."));
sRef.append(md.player);
}
UTF8 *pReferenceName = alloc_lbuf("absolute_named_reference");
size_t nReferenceName = 0;
nReferenceName = sRef.export_TextPlain(pReferenceName);
struct reference_entry *result = (reference_entry *)hashfindLEN(
pReferenceName, nReferenceName, &mudstate.reference_htab);
free_lbuf(pReferenceName);
if ( NULL != result
&& Good_obj(result->target))
{
return result->target;
}
else
{
return NOTHING;
}
}