/***************************************************************************
 *  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 1993-1996 Russ Taylor			   *
*	ROM has been brought to you by the ROM consortium		   *
*	    Russ Taylor (rtaylor@efn.org)				   *
*	    Gabrielle Taylor						   *
*	    Brian Moore (zump@rom.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_LIST  	13	
#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));
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));

/* mobprog recycling */
#define MPL MPROG_LIST
MPL     *new_mprog args( (void) );
void    free_mprog args( (MPROG_LIST *mp) );
#undef MPL