- if ($in =~ /(^|\s)(is|are)(\s|$)/i) {
- my($lhs, $mhs, $rhs) = ($`, $&, $');
-
- # allows factoid arguments to be updated. -lear.
- $lhs =~ s/^(cmd: )?(.*)/$1||'' . lc $2/e;
-
- # discard article.
- $lhs =~ s/^(the|da|an?)\s+//i;
-
- # remove excessive initial and final whitespaces.
- $lhs =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
- $mhs =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
- $rhs =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
-
- # break if either lhs or rhs is NULL.
- if ($lhs eq '' or $rhs eq '') {
- return "NOT-A-STATEMENT";
- }
-
- # lets check if it failed.
- if (&validFactoid($lhs,$rhs) == 0) {
- if ($addressed) {
- &status("IGNORE statement: <$who> $message");
- &performReply( &getRandom(keys %{ $lang{'confused'} }) );
- }
- return;
- }
-
- # uncomment to prevent HUNGRY learning of rhs with whitespace
- #return if (!$addressed and $lhs =~ /\s+/);
- &::DEBUG("doStatement: $in:$lhs:$mhs:$rhs");
-
- &status("statement: <$who> $message");
-
- # change "#*#" back to '*' because of '\' sar to '#blah#'.
- $lhs =~ s/\#(\S+)\#/$1/g;
- $rhs =~ s/\#(\S+)\#/$1/g;
-
- $lhs =~ s/\?+\s*$//; # strip off '?'.
-
- # verify the update statement whether there are any weird
- # characters.
- ### this can be simplified.
- foreach (split //, $lhs.$rhs) {
- my $ord = ord $_;
- if ($ord > 170 and $ord < 220) {
- &status("statement: illegal character '$_' $ord.");
- &performAddressedReply("i'm not going to learn illegal characters");
- return;
- }
- }
-
- # success.
- return if (&update($lhs, $mhs, $rhs));
+ if ( $in =~ /(^|\s)(is|are)(\s|$)/i ) {
+ my ( $lhs, $mhs, $rhs ) = ( $`, $&, $' );
+
+ # Quit if they are over the limits. Check done here since Core.pl calls
+ # this mid sub and Question.pl needs its own check as well. NOTE: $in is
+ # used in this place since lhs and rhs are really undefined for unwanted
+ # teaching. Mainly, the "is" could be anywhere within a 510 byte or so
+ # block of text, so the total size was choosen since the sole purpose of
+ # this logic is to not hammer the db with pointless factoids that were
+ # only meant to be general conversation.
+ return ''
+ if (
+ length $in <
+ &::getChanConfDefault( 'minVolunteerLength', 2, $chan ) or
+ $param{'addressing'} =~ m/require/i ) and not $addressed;
+ return ''
+ if (
+ length $in >
+ &::getChanConfDefault( 'maxVolunteerLength', 512, $chan ) or
+ $param{'addressing'} =~ m/require/i ) and not $addressed;
+
+ # allows factoid arguments to be updated. -lear.
+ $lhs =~ s/^(cmd: )?(.*)/$1||'' . lc $2/e;
+
+ # discard article.
+ $lhs =~ s/^(the|da|an?)\s+//i;
+
+ # remove excessive initial and final whitespaces.
+ $lhs =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+ $mhs =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+ $rhs =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+
+ # break if either lhs or rhs is NULL.
+ if ( $lhs eq '' or $rhs eq '' ) {
+ return "NOT-A-STATEMENT";
+ }
+
+ # lets check if it failed.
+ if ( &validFactoid( $lhs, $rhs ) == 0 ) {
+ if ($addressed) {
+ &status("IGNORE statement: <$who> $message");
+ &performReply( &getRandom( keys %{ $lang{'confused'} } ) );
+ }
+ return;
+ }
+
+ # uncomment to prevent HUNGRY learning of rhs with whitespace
+ #return if (!$addressed and $lhs =~ /\s+/);
+ &::DEBUG("doStatement: $in:$lhs:$mhs:$rhs");
+
+ &status("statement: <$who> $message");
+
+ # change "#*#" back to '*' because of '\' sar to '#blah#'.
+ $lhs =~ s/\#(\S+)\#/$1/g;
+ $rhs =~ s/\#(\S+)\#/$1/g;
+
+ $lhs =~ s/\?+\s*$//; # strip off '?'.
+
+ # verify the update statement whether there are any weird
+ # characters.
+ ### this can be simplified.
+ foreach ( split //, $lhs . $rhs ) {
+ my $ord = ord $_;
+ if ( $ord > 170 and $ord < 220 ) {
+ &status("statement: illegal character '$_' $ord.");
+ &performAddressedReply(
+ "i'm not going to learn illegal characters");
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+
+ # success.
+ return if ( &update( $lhs, $mhs, $rhs ) );