lockencode()

lockencode(<key>)
lockdecode(<encoded>)
lockcheck(<encoded>, <object>[, <type>])

These keep a lock key in a form that can be stored and passed around as text.

lockencode() returns <key> in base64, with the names in it resolved to objects.
lockdecode() returns the key an encoded one stands for, written as LOCK() writes one.
lockcheck() returns 1 if <object> passes the encoded key and 0 if not. It tests the key as TESTLOCK() does. <type> is accepted and changes nothing.

An empty key, or text that is not an encoded key, gives #-1 UNDEFINED KEY. A key that names nothing gives #-1 INVALID BOOLEXP.

These functions come from RhostMUSH.

> think lockencode(=#1)
PSMx
> think lockdecode(PSMx)
=#1
> think lockcheck(PSMx,#1)
1

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