Fixed more errors with quelling as well as some other things with updating permissions in general. Resolves Issue 430.

src/commands/default/admin.py

@@ -528,8 +528,11 @@ class CmdPerm(MuxCommand):
         if 'del' in switches:
             # delete the given permission(s) from object.
             obj.permissions.remove(self.rhslist)
-            cstring += "\nPermission(s) %s removed from %s (if they existed)." % (", ".join(self.rhslist), obj.name)
-            tstring += "\n%s revokes the permission(s) %s from you." % (caller.name, ", ".join(self.rhslist))
+            if obj.permissions.get(self.rhslist):
+                cstring += "\nPermissions(s) %s could not be removed from %s." % (", ".join(self.rhslist), obj.name)
+            else:
+                cstring += "\nPermission(s) %s removed from %s (if they existed)." % (", ".join(self.rhslist), obj.name)
+                tstring += "\n%s revokes the permission(s) %s from you." % (caller.name, ", ".join(self.rhslist))
         else:
             # add a new permission
             permissions = obj.permissions.all()

src/commands/default/player.py

@@ -633,6 +633,14 @@ class CmdQuell(MuxPlayerCommand):
                 self.msg("Already quelling Player%s permissions." % permstr)
                 return
             player.attributes.add('_quell', True)
-            self.msg("Quelling Player permissions%s. Use @unquell to get them back." % permstr)
+            puppet = player.get_puppet(self.sessid)
+            if puppet:
+                cpermstr = " (%s)" % ", ".join(puppet.permissions.all())
+                cpermstr = "Quelling to current puppet's permissions%s." % cpermstr
+                cpermstr += "\n(Note: If this is higher than Player permissions%s, the lowest of the two will be used.)" % permstr
+                cpermstr += "\nUse @unquell to return to normal permission usage."
+                self.msg(cpermstr)
+            else:
+                self.msg("Quelling Player permissions%s. Use @unquell to get them back." % permstr)
         self._recache_locks(player)
 

src/server/initial_setup.py

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def create_objects():
     god_player.basetype_setup()
     god_player.at_player_creation()
     god_player.locks.add("examine:perm(Immortals);edit:false();delete:false();boot:false();msg:all()")
+    god_player.permissions.add("Immortals") # this is necessary for quelling to work correctly.
 
     # Limbo is the default "nowhere" starting room
 

src/typeclasses/models.py

@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@ class TagHandler(object):
         self._cache = None
 
     def _recache(self):
-        self._cache = dict([(to_str(p[0]), True) for p in _GA(self.obj, self._m2m_fieldname).filter(
-                            db_category__startswith=self.prefix).values_list("db_key")])
+        self._cache = dict((to_str(p.db_key), p) for p in _GA(self.obj, self._m2m_fieldname).filter(
+                            db_category__startswith=self.prefix))
 
     def add(self, tag, category=None, data=None):
         "Add a new tag to the handler. Tag is a string or a list of strings."
@@ -505,9 +505,8 @@ class TagHandler(object):
             self._recache()
         ret = []
         category = "%s%s" % (self.prefix, category.strip().lower() if category!=None else "")
-        for keystr in (k.strip.lower() for k in make_iter(key)):
-            ret.append(self._cache.get(keystr))
-        ret = ret if return_obj else [to_str(tag.db_data) for tag in ret]
+        ret = [val for val in (self._cache.get(keystr.strip().lower()) for keystr in make_iter(key)) if val]
+        ret = ret if return_obj else [to_str(tag.db_data) for tag in ret if tag]
         return ret[0] if len(ret)==1 else ret
 
     def remove(self, tag, category=None):
@@ -515,7 +514,7 @@ class TagHandler(object):
         if self._cache == None or not _TYPECLASS_AGGRESSIVE_CACHE:
             self._recache()
         for tag in make_iter(tag):
-            if not tag or tag.strip(): # we don't allow empty tags
+            if not (tag or tag.strip()): # we don't allow empty tags
                 continue
             tagstr = tag.strip().lower() if tag!=None else None
             category = "%s%s" % (self.prefix, category.strip().lower() if category!=None else "")
@@ -524,8 +523,7 @@ class TagHandler(object):
             tagobj = self.obj.db_tags.filter(db_key=tagstr, db_category=category)
             if tagobj:
                 _GA(self.obj, self._m2m_fieldname).remove(tagobj[0])
-            if tagstr in self._cache:
-                del self._cache[tagstr]
+        self._recache()
 
     def clear(self):
         "Remove all tags from the handler"