Resolves issue 138.

src/utils/create.py

@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import IntegrityError
 
-
 from src.permissions.permissions import set_perm
 from src.permissions.models import PermissionGroup
 from src.utils import logger
-from src.utils.utils import is_iter
+from src.utils.utils import is_iter, has_parent
 
 #
 # Game Object creation 

src/utils/reloads.py

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ def cemit_info(message):
     """
 
     logger.log_infomsg(message)
+    infochan = None
     try:
         infochan = settings.CHANNEL_MUDINFO
         infochan = Channel.objects.get_channel(infochan[0])

src/utils/utils.py

@@ -432,3 +432,13 @@ def check_evennia_dependencies():
     if errstring:
         print "%s\n %s\n%s" % ("-"*78, errstring, '-'*78)
     return no_error
+
+def has_parent(basepath, obj):
+    "Checks if basepath is somewhere in objs parent tree."
+    try:
+        return any(cls for cls in obj.__class__.mro()
+                   if basepath == "%s.%s" % (cls.__module__, cls.__name__))
+    except (TypeError, AttributeError):
+        # this can occur if we tried to store a class object, not an
+        # instance. Not sure if one should defend against this. 
+        return False