Added an error_check_python_modules function to evennia.py. This basically imports a host of critical modules and quits with tracebacks if there are problems. This catches pure python-syntax errors (i.e. cases where the source-file itself is malformed), something which is hard to properly handle in the running server (where there's also an issue as to how to best report it). Best they fail out already at an early stage.

src/commands/cmdset.py

@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ class CmdSet(object):
             # add all commands 
             if not hasattr(cmd, 'obj'):
                 cmd.obj = self.cmdsetobj            
-            ic = [i for i, oldcmd in enumerate(self.commands) if oldcmd.match(cmd)]            
-            if ic:                
-                self.commands[ic[0]] = cmd # replace 
-            else:                
+            try:
+                ic = self.commands.index(cmd)
+                self.commands[ic] = cmd # replace 
+            except ValueError:
                 self.commands.append(cmd)
             # extra run to make sure to avoid doublets            
             self.commands = list(set(self.commands))

src/commands/cmdsethandler.py

@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ def import_cmdset(python_path, cmdsetobj, emit_to_obj=None, no_logging=False):
             logger.log_trace()    
             if emit_to_obj and not ServerConfig.objects.conf("server_starting_mode"):
                 object.__getattribute__(emit_to_obj, "msg")(errstring)            
-        #raise # have to raise, or we will not see any errors in some situations!
+        logger.log_errmsg("Error: %s" % errstring)
+        raise # have to raise, or we will not see any errors in some situations!
 
 # classes 
 
@@ -246,8 +247,8 @@ class CmdSetHandler(object):
     def add(self, cmdset, emit_to_obj=None, permanent=False):
         """
         Add a cmdset to the handler, on top of the old ones.
-        Default is to not make this permanent (i.e. no script
-        will be added to add the cmdset every server start/login).
+        Default is to not make this permanent, i.e. the set 
+        will not survive a server reset. 
 
         cmdset - can be a cmdset object or the python path to
                  such an object.

src/commands/default/general.py

@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ class CmdOOCLook(CmdLook):
         self.character = None
         if utils.inherits_from(self.caller, "src.objects.objects.Object"):
             # An object of some type is calling. Convert to player.
-            print self.caller, self.caller.__class__
+            #print self.caller, self.caller.__class__
             self.character = self.caller 
             if hasattr(self.caller, "player"):
                 self.caller = self.caller.player

src/objects/manager.py

@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ class ObjectManager(TypedObjectManager):
         # use the id to find the player
         return self.get_object_with_user(dbref)
 
+    @returns_typeclass_list
+    def get_objs_with_key_and_typeclass(oname, otypeclass_path):
+        """
+        Returns objects based on simultaneous key and typeclass match.
+        """
+        return self.filter(db_key__iexact=oname).filter(db_typeclass_path_exact=otypeclass_path)
+
     # attr/property related
 
     @returns_typeclass_list