based on svn2133

incomplete list of modifications compared to the stable branch
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preparing the switch to my other class library
and testing some new gimmicks
start converting function call parameters from pointers
to references as far as possible, 
will reduce the amount of NULL checks dramatically
still converting but almost done, one more week maybe
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keep on updating with branch but do not copy any enhancement
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implemented 64bit compatible usage of time_t
corrected gettimeofday on windows builds
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checking of comments in config files is
skipping all whitespace characters now
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changed dynamic mobs to a different dataset
now _all_ script mobs are created with a cache and each mob
gets an additional pointer to their corrosponding cache slot
on creation, allowing to share a common data set among multiple
mobs created from a common cache slot. this data is not necessary 
at the mob itself anymore

the cache is build with counter, so when a mob is spawned on
the map, the cache counter is decremented, if the mob
is unloaded, the corrosponding cache counter is incremented
thus preventing mob duplication

only non-delayed mobs with a cache are actually unloaded,
ensuring that guardians, quest mobs and spawned mobs
are not touched as they do not have a cache
if a cached master is unloaded, it's slaves are destroyed as well

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now referencing builds to gcc 3.3.2
slight changes to makefile; 
nsl now needs be linked explicitely in my environment
you might need to modify build options on your's
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introduced slight changes the character file format (txt)
so be sure to make a backup before trying this version
otherwise you might not be able to switch back to branch
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start to change all data to real types for better type checking
and preperation of automatic transfer buffers, 
still much way to go
somebody should outlaw the usage of int's and
the type changes via pointer casting
*keep on changing types
*almost finished
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integrated the anti freeze system into the user count update messages
(which are already send between chat,login and map)
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some of the latest branch updates broke multimap
*working again
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generally have the anti-freeze system enabled
in char and login; I'll dig to that problem
when I can afford some time
*found and fixed
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changes on map.gat structures and access
planning on reducing memory usage for this even more
but still testing the possibilities/effort
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(not online)
preparing a new script machine that pre-compiles the text
to some intermediate code which can be interpreted
in a pc or map instance
this would enable memory reduction ie. by using
script sharing or building string tables
intermediate code might be also smaller and faster to use
* might make up a grammer for script and use a compiler compiler
to generate the script parser,
might be easier then programm it by hand
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(not online)
support of multimap servers it should be generally
reconsidered, the current problems come from map servers
not knowing from each other and no sync unit is used
the char server could do this but it would be necessary
to add much code for syncronisation and checking
which might be not easy and error prone.
Changing the general structure could get better resutls
ie. the char could hold maps, players, variables etc.
(it does this even now but is not used much)
and takes care of all global map-player interaction things
the mapserver is initialized with data from the char server
ans only does stuff related to single maps and gives any
other requests directly back to the char server to handle them
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removed parts of RoVeRT's npc timer system
still centralising and cleaning code
*removed it completely now
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added forcefull disconnect detection and let the pc online
for 10 seconds so Alt-F4 cannot be used to flee a fight
moved the clif_waitclose to the session,
might reconsider the wide usage of waitclose in clif.c,
it is not useful on every existing position
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changes packet processing interaction scheme between
core socket and parse_func's,
changed eof to a couple of flags that are used to hold
the status of the connection, also added access function
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changed all usages of ip numbers to host byte order
for better consitency,
still cleaning and simplifying code
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simplified and tighted timers a bit
finalizing still causes problems, but will be solved
when swapping the whole core to my other c++ lib
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fix for moving npcs with ontouch event
a fast hack, should generally reconsider structure
and access to map_data
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input window
amount fixing on the buildin_input is useless
to prevent trade hacks
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sell/buy amount fix
check and fix the amount of sell/buy objects
where it is possible, at clif_parse.
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reading npcs recursively from folder
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npc duplication fix for multimap
duplication is not working on ,ultiple map servers
when the npc to duplicate from is not on the same server,
a fast fix; should generally reconsider structure of
npc and scripts
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fast socket access
replacing the loop with IS_FDSET
is much faster, still testing
adding different socket handling on WIN32
it is not exactly the same version I did for jAthena,
I'm still looking for a better implementation
fixed a stupid error in windows socket list handling
maybe I just take my other socket class in here
but would need to rewrite the interface then
preparing move to my base classes
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a "real" ShowMessage
includes a ansi sequence parser for windows and switchable
calling conventions depending on the compiler
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vararray support for non-gnu compilers
actually not really a support for that but a macro
to create and free variable size buffers using
the fastest supported method for the given compiler
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little/big endian support and memory allignment fixes
start to make types checking more tight
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c++ compilable with VC and g++
the makefiles are for solaris,
so might need to edit linker options on linux
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