added shellregex

[spider.git] / perl / DXChannel.pm

diff --git a/perl/DXChannel.pm b/perl/DXChannel.pm
index e3878ecf719f6fe2c8181a2d11c8323821d59c0f..9bde6aa8fe4a30829b5dfed54895ec92250fd0b7 100644 (file)
--- a/perl/DXChannel.pm
+++ b/perl/DXChannel.pm
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ sub msg
        return DXM::msg($self->{lang}, @_);
 }
 
-# stick a broadcast on the delayed queue
+# stick a broadcast on the delayed queue (but only up to 20 items)
 sub delay
 {
        my $self = shift;
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ sub delay
        
        $self->{delayed} = [] unless $self->{delayed};
        push @{$self->{delayed}}, $s;
+       if (@{$self->{delayed}} >= 20) {
+               shift @{$self->{delayed}};   # lose oldest one
+       }
 }
 
 # change the state of the channel - lots of scope for debugging here :-)
@@ -233,9 +236,7 @@ sub state
 
                # if there is any queued up broadcasts then splurge them out here
                if ($self->{delayed} && ($self->{state} eq 'prompt' || $self->{state} eq 'convers')) {
-                       for (@{$self->{delayed}}) {
-                               $self->send($_);
-                       }
+                       $self->send (@{$self->{delayed}});
                        delete $self->{delayed};
                }
        }