/***************************************************************************
 *  Original Diku Mud copyright (C) 1990, 1991 by Sebastian Hammer,	   *
 *  Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik St{rfeldt, Tom Madsen, and Katja Nyboe.   *
 *									   *
 *  Merc Diku Mud improvments copyright (C) 1992, 1993 by Michael	   *
 *  Chastain, Michael Quan, and Mitchell Tse.				   *
 *									   *
 *  In order to use any part of this Merc Diku Mud, you must comply with   *
 *  both the original Diku license in 'license.doc' as well the Merc	   *
 *  license in 'license.txt'.  In particular, you may not remove either of *
 *  these copyright notices.						   *
 *									   *
 *  Much time and thought has gone into this software and you are	   *
 *  benefitting.  We hope that you share your changes too.  What goes	   *
 *  around, comes around.						   *
 ***************************************************************************/

/***************************************************************************
*	ROM 2.4 is copyright 1993-1995 Russ Taylor			   *
*	ROM has been brought to you by the ROM consortium		   *
*	    Russ Taylor (rtaylor@pacinfo.com)				   *
*	    Gabrielle Taylor (gtaylor@pacinfo.com)			   *
*	    Brian Moore (rom@rom.efn.org)				   *
*	By using this code, you have agreed to follow the terms of the	   *
*	ROM license, in the file Rom24/doc/rom.license			   *
***************************************************************************/

/* externs */
extern char str_empty[1];
extern int mobile_count;

/* stuff for providing a crash-proof buffer */

#define MAX_BUF		65536
#define MAX_BUF_LIST 	12
#define BASE_BUF 	1024

/* valid states */
#define BUFFER_SAFE	0
#define BUFFER_OVERFLOW	1
#define BUFFER_FREED 	2

/* note recycling */
#define ND NOTE_DATA
ND *new_note args ((void));
void free_note args ((NOTE_DATA * note));
#undef ND

/* ban data recycling */
#define BD BAN_DATA
BD *new_ban args ((void));
void free_ban args ((BAN_DATA * ban));
#undef BD

/* descriptor recycling */
#define DD DESCRIPTOR_DATA
DD *new_descriptor args ((void));
void free_descriptor args ((DESCRIPTOR_DATA * d));
#undef DD

/* char gen data recycling */
#define GD GEN_DATA
GD *new_gen_data args ((void));
void free_gen_data args ((GEN_DATA * gen));
#undef GD

/* extra descr recycling */
#define ED EXTRA_DESCR_DATA
ED *new_extra_descr args ((void));
void free_extra_descr args ((EXTRA_DESCR_DATA * ed));
#undef ED

/* affect recycling */
#define AD AFFECT_DATA
AD *new_affect args ((void));
void free_affect args ((AFFECT_DATA * af));
#undef AD

/* object recycling */
#define OD OBJ_DATA
OD *new_obj args ((void));
TRAP_DATA *new_trap args ((void));
void free_obj args ((OBJ_DATA * obj));
#undef OD

/* character recyling */
#define CD CHAR_DATA
#define PD PC_DATA
CD *new_char args ((void));
void free_char args ((CHAR_DATA * ch));
PD *new_pcdata args ((void));
void free_pcdata args ((PC_DATA * pcdata));
#undef PD
#undef CD


/* mob id and memory procedures */
#define MD MEM_DATA
long get_pc_id args ((void));
long get_mob_id args ((void));
MD *new_mem_data args ((void));
void free_mem_data args ((MEM_DATA * memory));
MD *find_memory args ((MEM_DATA * memory, long id));
#undef MD

/* buffer procedures */

BUFFER *new_buf args ((void));
BUFFER *new_buf_size args ((int size));
void free_buf args ((BUFFER * buffer));
bool add_buf args ((BUFFER * buffer, char *string));
void clear_buf args ((BUFFER * buffer));
char *buf_string args ((BUFFER * buffer));

/* bounty recycling */
#define BD BOUNTY_DATA
BD *new_bounty args ((void));
void free_bounty args ((BOUNTY_DATA * b));
#undef BD

/* invention recycling */
#define INVD INVENTION_DATA
INVD *new_invention args ((void));
void free_invention args ((INVENTION_DATA * b));
#undef INVD