Method code for $robot.tell()

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arg what, @who;
var line;

if (!.active())
    return;
switch (type(what)) {
    case 'list:
        for line in (what)
            .tell(line, @who);
    case 'string:
        // drop through, this is what we want
    default:
        return;
}
if (who && sender().is($place))
    who = who[1];
else
    who = sender();
if (who == this())
    return;
.check_reactions('tell, what, who);

["// 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)

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