Changed player.search to only search for players explicitly.

Added a MuxCommandOOC class to handle the OOC commands in a more uniform way.
Fixed the @ic/@ooc and page commands. Resolves issue 233. Resolves issue 234.

src/objects/manager.py

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class ObjectManager(TypedObjectManager):
     @returns_typeclass_list
     def object_search(self, ostring, caller=None,
                       global_search=False,
-                      attribute_name=None, location=None):
+                      attribute_name=None, location=None, single_result=False):
         """
         Search as an object and return results. The result is always an Object.
         If * is appended (player search, a Character controlled by this Player
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ class ObjectManager(TypedObjectManager):
                 matches = [matches[match_number]]
             except IndexError:
                 pass
-        # This is always a list.
+        # We always have a (possibly empty) list at this point.
         return matches
 
     #

src/objects/models.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from src.commands.cmdsethandler import CmdSetHandler
 from src.commands import cmdhandler
 from src.scripts.scripthandler import ScriptHandler
 from src.utils import logger
-from src.utils.utils import make_iter, to_unicode, variable_from_module
+from src.utils.utils import make_iter, to_unicode, variable_from_module, inherits_from
 
 #__all__ = ("ObjAttribute", "Alias", "ObjectNick", "ObjectDB")
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class ObjectDB(TypedObject):
     #@player.setter
     def __player_set(self, player):
         "Setter. Allows for self.player = value"
-        if isinstance(player, TypeClass):
+        if inherits_from(player, TypeClass):
             player = player.dbobj
         _set_cache(self, "player", player)
     #@player.deleter