string parser_error_message(int kind, object ob, mixed arg, int flag) {
string ret;
if (ob)
ret = ob->short() + ": ";
else
ret = "";
switch (kind) {
case 1:
if (flag)
return ret + "There is no such " + arg + " here.\n";
else
return ret + "There is no " + arg + " here.\n";
break;
case 2:
if (flag)
return ret + "None of the " + pluralize(arg) + " are alive.\n";
else
return ret + "The " + arg + " isn't alive.\n";
break;
case 3:
if (flag)
return ret + "You can't reach them.\n";
else
return ret + "You can't reach it.\n";
break;
case 4:
{
array descs = unique_array(arg, (: $1->the_short() :));
string str;
if (sizeof(descs) == 1)
return ret + "Which " + descs[0][0]->short() + " do you mean?\n";
str = ret + "Do you mean ";
for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(descs); i++) {
if (sizeof(descs[i]) > 1)
str += "one of ";
str += descs[i][0]->the_short();
if (i == sizeof(descs) - 1)
str += " or ";
else
str += ", ";
}
return str + "?\n";
}
break;
case 5:
if (arg > 1)
return ret + "There are only " + arg + " of them.\n";
else
return ret + "There is only one of them.\n";
break;
case 6:
return ret + arg;
case 7:
return ret + "There is no " + arg + " here.\n";
case 8:
return ret + "You can't use more than one object at a time with that verb.\n";
}
}
