ASK THAT results have changed from 6/11's handling
Reported in https://intfiction.org/t/inform-library-6-12-and-inform-6-33-1-for-unix-go-beta/7207/64?u=davidg
and
https://intfiction.org/t/inform-library-6-12-and-inform-6-33-1-for-unix-go-beta/7207/94?u=davidg
lib 6/11:
>ask that ! 'ask' * 'that' creature topic -> AskTo;
orders NotUnderstood
life Answer
There is no reply.
>ask george for
What do you want to ask george for?
>xyz
(CANTSEE_PE 4)
You can't see any such thing.
>
lib 6/12:
>ask that ! 'ask' * 'that' creature topic -> AskTo;
!/* --------------------------------- Wrong
Whom do you want to ask?
>george
What do you want to ask george for?
>xyz
grammar default
orders NotUnderstood
life Answer
There is no reply.
!*/ ---------------------------------
>ask george for
What do you want to ask george for?
>xyz
(CANTSEE_PE 4)
You can't see any such thing.
>
lib 6/12:
>ask that
!/* --------------------------------- Wrong
Whom do you want to ask?
>xyz
Who do you mean, ?
>xyz
Who do you mean, ?
>george
grammar default
orders NotUnderstood
life Answer
There is no reply.
!*/ ---------------------------------
>
lib 6/12:
>ask that
Whom do you want to ask?
>xyz
Who do you mean, ?
>me
(VERB_PE 12)
That's not a verb I recognise.
>
Edited by David Griffith