Method code for $robot.tell()

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  1: arg what, @who;
  2: var line;
  3: 
  4: if (!.active())
  5:     return;
  6: switch (type(what)) {
  7:     case 'list:
  8:         for line in (what)
  9:             .tell(line, @who);
 10:     case 'string:
 11:         // drop through, this is what we want
 12:     default:
 13:         return;
 14: }
 15: if (who && sender().is($place))
 16:     who = who[1];
 17: else
 18:     who = sender();
 19: if (who == this())
 20:     return;
 21: .check_reactions('tell, what, who);

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["// Created 26-Mar-1995 as a part of ColdCore, see: @help Credit"]

Method Ancestry Override:

 ----   98 $robot.tell(what, @who)
 ----    1 $body.tell(@args)
 ----    9 $located_location.tell(msg, @who)