local nametag, addon = ...

--[==[
g_loot's numeric indices are loot entries (including titles, separators,
etc); its named indices are:
- forum         saved text from forum markup window, default nil
- attend        saved text from raid attendence window, default nil
- printed.FOO   last loot index formatted into text window FOO, default 0
- raiders       accumulating raid roster data as we see raid members; indexed
                by player name with subtable fields:
-    class      capitalized English codename ("WARRIOR", "DEATHKNIGHT", etc)
-    subgroup   1-8 (NUM_RAID_GROUPS), NRG+1 if something's wrong
-    race       English codename ("BloodElf", etc)
-    sex        1 = unknown/error, 2 = male, 3 = female
-    level      can be 0 if player was offline at the time
-    guild      guild name, or missing if unguilded
-    online     1 = online, 2 = offline, 3 = no longer in raid
    [both of these next two fields use time_t values:]
-    join       time player joined the raid (or first time we've seen them)
-    leave      time player left the raid (or time we've left the raid, if
                'online' is not 3)

Common g_loot entry indices:
- kind          time/boss/loot
- hour          0-23, on the *physical instance server*, not the realm server
- minute        0-59, ditto
- stamp         time_t on the local computer
- cols          graphical display data; cleared when logging out

Time specific g_loot indices:
- startday      table with month/day/year/text fields from makedate()
                text is always "dd Month yyyy"

Boss specific g_loot indices:
- bossname      name of boss/encounter;
                may be changed if "snarky boss names" option is enabled
- reason        wipe/kill ("pull" does not generate an entry)
- instance      name of instance, including size and difficulty
- maxsize       max raid size: 5/10/25, presumably also 15 and 40 could show
                up; can be 0 if we're outside an instance and the player
                inside has an older version
- duration      in seconds; may be missing (only present if local)
- raidersnap    copy of g_loot.raiders at the time of the boss event; may be
                empty for manual snapshots the player didn't want included
                (not necessarily an "error" if this is missing entirely)

Loot specific g_loot indices:
- person        recipient
- person_class  class of recipient if available; may be missing;
                will be classID-style (e.g., DEATHKNIGHT)
- itemname      not including square brackets
- id            itemID as number
- itemlink      full clickable link
- itexture      icon path (e.g., Interface\Icons\INV_Misc_Rune_01)
- quality       ITEM_QUALITY_* number
- unique        an almost-certainly-unique string, content meaningless
- disposition   offspec/gvault/shard; missing otherwise; can be set from
                the extratext field
- count         e.g., "x3"; missing otherwise; can be set/removed from
                extratext; triggers only for a stack of items, not "the boss
                dropped double axes today"
- variant       1 = heroic item, 2 = LFR item; missing otherwise
- cache_miss    if GetItemInfo failed; SHOULD be missing (changes other fields)
- bcast_from    player's name if received rebroadcast from that player;
                missing otherwise; can be deleted as a result of in-game
                fiddling of loot data
- extratext     text in Note column, including disposition and rebroadcasting
- extratext_byhand    true if text edited by player directly; missing otherwise


Functions arranged like this, with these lables (for jumping to).  As a
rule, member functions with UpperCamelCase names are called directly by
user-facing code, ones with lowercase names are "one step removed", and
names with leading underscores are strictly internal helper functions.
------ Saved variables
------ Constants
------ Addon member data
------ Globals
------ Expiring caches
------ Ace3 framework stuff
------ Event handlers
------ Slash command handler
------ On/off
------ Behind the scenes routines
------ Saved texts
------ Loot histories
------ Player communication

This started off as part of a raid addon package written by somebody else.
After he retired, I began modifying the code.  Eventually I set aside the
entire package and rewrote the loot tracker module from scratch.  Many of the
variable/function naming conventions (sv_*, g_*, and family) stayed across the
rewrite.

Some variables are needlessly initialized to nil just to look uniform and
serve as a spelling reminder.

]==]

------ Saved variables
OuroLootSV       = nil   -- possible copy of g_loot
OuroLootSV_saved = nil   -- table of copies of saved texts, default nil; keys
                         -- are numeric indices of tables, subkeys of those
						 -- are name/forum/attend/date
OuroLootSV_opts  = nil   -- same as option_defaults until changed
                         -- autoshard:  optional name of disenchanting player, default nil
                         -- threshold:  optional loot threshold, default nil
OuroLootSV_hist  = nil
OuroLootSV_log   = {}


------ Constants
local RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE_EVENT =
	(select(4,GetBuildInfo()) >= 50000) and 'GROUP_ROSTER_UPDATE' or 'RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE'
local option_defaults = {
	['datarev'] = 20,    -- cheating, this isn't actually an option
	['popup_on_join'] = true,
	['register_slash_synonyms'] = false,
	['slash_synonyms'] = '/ol,/oloot',
	['scroll_to_bottom'] = true,
	['gui_noob'] = true,
	['chatty_on_kill'] = false,
	['no_tracking_wipes'] = false,
	['snarky_boss'] = true,
	['keybinding'] = false,
	['bossmod'] = "DBM",
	['keybinding_text'] = 'CTRL-SHIFT-O',
	['forum'] = {
		['[url] Wowhead'] = '[url=http://www.wowhead.com/?item=$I]$N[/url]$X - $T',
		['[url] MMO/Wowstead'] = '[http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/$I]$X - $T',
		['[item] by name'] = '[item]$N[/item]$X - $T',
		['[item] by ID'] = '[item]$I[/item]$X - $T',
		['Custom...'] = '',
	},
	['forum_current'] = '[item] by name',
	['display_disabled_LODs'] = false,
	['display_bcast_from'] = true,
	['precache_history_uniques'] = false,
	['chatty_on_remote_changes'] = false,
	['chatty_on_remote_changes_frame'] = 1,
}
local virgin = "First time loaded?  Hi!  Use the /ouroloot command"
	.." to show the main display.  You should probably browse the instructions"
	.." if you've never used this before; %s to display the help window.  This"
	.." welcome message will not intrude again."
local newer_warning = "A newer version has been released. You can %s to display"
	.." a download URL for copy-and-pasting. You can %s to ping other raiders"
	.." for their installed versions (same as '/ouroloot ping' or clicking the"
	.." 'Ping!' button on the options panel)."
local horrible_error_text = [[|cffff1010]] .. ERROR_CAPS
	..[[:|n|cffffff00Something unrecoverable has happened.  The error message]]
	..[[ which was provided follows in white:|r|n|n%s|n|n|cffffff00Ouro Loot]]
	..[[ will not display a window until this situation is corrected. ]]
	..[[ You can try typing|n|cff00ff40/ouroloot fix ?|n]]
	..[[|cffffff00to see what can be done by software alone.  You may still]]
	..[[ need to do a "/reload" afterwards, or even restart the game client.]]
local unique_collision = "Item '%s' was carrying unique tag <%s>, but that was already in use; tried to generate a new tag and failed!|n|nRemote sender was '%s', previous cache entry was <%s/%s>.|n|nThis may require a live human to figure out; the loot in question has not been stored."
local remote_chatty = "|cff00ff00%s|r changed %d/%s from %s to %s"
local qualnames = {
	['gray'] = 0, ['grey'] = 0, ['poor'] = 0, ['trash'] = 0,
	['white'] = 1, ['common'] = 1,
	['green'] = 2, ['uncommon'] = 2,
	['blue'] = 3, ['rare'] = 3,
	['epic'] = 4, ['purple'] = 4,
	['legendary'] = 5, ['orange'] = 5,
	['artifact'] = 6,
	--['heirloom'] = 7,
}
local my_name				= UnitName('player')
local comm_cleanup_ttl		= 4   -- seconds in the communications cache
local version_large			= nil -- defaults to 1, possibly changed by version
local g_LOOT_ITEM_ss, g_LOOT_ITEM_MULTIPLE_sss, g_LOOT_ITEM_SELF_s, g_LOOT_ITEM_SELF_MULTIPLE_ss


------ Addon member data
local flib = LibStub("LibFarmbuyer")
addon.author_debug = flib.author_debug

-- Play cute games with namespaces here just to save typing.  WTB Lua 5.2 PST.
do local _G = _G setfenv (1, addon)

	commrev			= '17'
	version			= _G.GetAddOnMetadata(nametag,"Version") or "?"  -- "x.yy.z", etc
	ident			= "OuroLoot2"
	identTg			= "OuroLoot2Tg"
	status_text		= nil
	revision		= "@project-revision@"
	--@debug@
	revision		= "DEVEL"
	--@end-debug@

	tekdebug		= nil
	if _G.tekDebug then
		local tdframe = _G.tekDebug:GetFrame("Ouro Loot")
		function tekdebug (txt)
			-- tekDebug notices "<name passed to getframe>|r:"
			tdframe:AddMessage('|cff17ff0dOuro Loot|r:'..txt,1,1,1)
		end
	end

	DEBUG_PRINT		= false
	debug = {
		comm		= false,
		loot		= false,
		flow		= false,
		notraid		= false,
		cache		= false,
		alsolog		= false,
	}
	--@debug@
	DEBUG_PRINT		= true
	debug.loot		= true
	debug.comm		= true
	--@end-debug@

	-- This looks ugly, but it factors out the load-time decisions from
	-- the run-time ones.  Args to [dp]print are concatenated with spaces.
	if tekdebug then
		function dprint (t,...)
			if DEBUG_PRINT and debug[t] then
				local text = flib.safefprint(tekdebug,"<"..t.."> ",...)
				if debug.alsolog then
					addon:log_with_timestamp(text)
				end
			end
		end
	else
		function dprint (t,...)
			if DEBUG_PRINT and debug[t] then
				local text = flib.safeprint("<"..t.."> ",...)
				if debug.alsolog then
					addon:log_with_timestamp(text)
				end
			end
		end
	end

	if author_debug and tekdebug then
		function pprint (t,...)
			local text = flib.safefprint(tekdebug,"<<"..t..">> ",...)
			if debug.alsolog then
				addon:log_with_timestamp(text)
			end
		end
	else
		pprint = flib.nullfunc
	end

	-- The same observable behavior as the Lua builtins, but with slightly
	-- different hardcoded strings and, more importantly, implicit logging.
	function error(txt,lvl)
		pprint('ERROR()', txt)
		pprint('DEBUGSTACK()', _G.debugstack())
		_G.error(txt,lvl)
	end
	function assert(cond,msg,...)
		if cond then
			return cond,msg,...
		else
			error('ASSERT() FAILED:  '..tostring(msg or 'nil'))
		end
	end

	enabled			= false
	rebroadcast		= false
	display			= nil   -- reference to display frame iff visible
	loot_clean		= nil   -- index of last GUI entry with known-current visual data
	threshold		= debug.loot and 0 or 3     -- rare by default
	sharder			= nil   -- name of person whose loot is marked as shards

	-- The rest is also used in the GUI:

	sender_list		= {active={},names={}}   -- this should be reworked
	popped			= nil   -- non-nil when reminder has been shown, actual value unimportant

	bossmod_registered = nil
	bossmods		= {}

	requesting		= nil   -- prompting for additional rebroadcasters

	-- don't use NUM_ITEM_QUALITIES as the upper loop bound unless we expect
	-- heirlooms to show up
	thresholds		= {}
	for i = 0,6 do
		thresholds[i] = _G.ITEM_QUALITY_COLORS[i].hex .. _G["ITEM_QUALITY"..i.."_DESC"] .. "|r"
	end

	_G.setfenv (1, _G)
end

addon = LibStub("AceAddon-3.0"):NewAddon(addon, "Ouro Loot",
                "AceTimer-3.0", "AceComm-3.0", "AceConsole-3.0", "AceEvent-3.0")

-- if given, MSG should be a complete-ish sentence
function addon:load_assert (cond, msg, ...)
	if cond then
		return cond, msg, ...
	end
	msg = msg or "load-time assertion failed!"
	self.NOLOAD = msg
	self:Printf([[|cffff1010ERROR:|r  <|cff00ff00%s|r>  Ouro Loot cannot finish loading.  You will need to type |cff30adff%s|r once these problems are resolved, and try again.]], msg, _G.SLASH_RELOAD1)
	SLASH_ACECONSOLE_OUROLOOT1 = nil
	SLASH_ACECONSOLE_OUROLOOT2 = nil
	self.error (msg, --[[level=]]2)
end

-- Seriously?  ORLY?
-- YARLY.  Go ahead and guess what was involved in tracking this down.  If
-- more such effects are added in the future, the "id==xxxxx" will need to
-- change into a probe of a table of known-problematic IDs.
for i = 1, 40 do   -- BUFF_MAX_DISPLAY==32, enh
	local id = select(11,UnitAura('player', i, 'HELPFUL'))
	if id == 88715 then
		-- What I really want to do is pause until the thing is clicked off,
		-- then continue with the rest of the file.  No can do.  Could also
		-- just set some hooks and then re-OnInit/OnEnable after the aura
		-- expires, but that's a hassle.  GAH.  Punt.
		local text = UnitAura('player', i, 'HELPFUL')
		text = ([[Cannot initialize while |cff71d5ff|Hspell:88715|h[%s]|h|cff00ff00 is active!]]):
			format(text)
		addon:load_assert(nil,text)
		return -- were this C code running through lint, I'd put NOTREACHED
	end
end

-- Class color support.  Do the expensive string.format calls up front, and
-- the cheap all-string-all-at-once single-op concatenation as needed.
do
	local cc = {}
	local function extract (color_info)
		local hex
		if color_info.colorStr then   -- MoP
			hex = "|c" .. color_info.colorStr
		else                          -- pre-MoP
			hex = ("|cff%.2x%.2x%.2x"):format(255*color_info.r,
				255*color_info.g, 255*color_info.b)
		end
		return { r=color_info.r, g=color_info.g, b=color_info.b, a=1, hex=hex }
	end
	local function fill_out_class_colors()
		for class,color in pairs(CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS or RAID_CLASS_COLORS) do
			cc[class] = extract(color)
		end
		cc.DEFAULT = extract(_G.NORMAL_FONT_COLOR)
	end
	if CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS and CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS.RegisterCallback then
		CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS:RegisterCallback(fill_out_class_colors)
	end
	addon.class_colors = cc                               -- this stays around
	addon.fill_out_class_colors = fill_out_class_colors   -- this doesn't

	-- What I really want is to have the hooked :Print understand a special
	-- format specifier like "%Cs" and do the colorizing automatically.
	function addon:colorize (text, class)
		return ((class and cc[class]) or cc.DEFAULT).hex .. text .. "|r"
	end
end


------ Globals
local g_loot			= nil
local g_restore_p		= nil
local g_wafer_thin		= nil   -- prompting for additional rebroadcasters
local g_today			= nil   -- "today" entry in g_loot
local g_boss_signpost	= nil
local g_seeing_oldsigs	= nil
local g_uniques			= nil   -- memoization of unique loot events
local g_unique_replace	= nil
local opts				= nil

local error				= addon.error
local assert			= addon.assert

-- for speeding up local loads, not because I think _G will change
local _G = _G
local type = _G.type
local select = _G.select
local pairs = _G.pairs
local ipairs = _G.ipairs
local tinsert = _G.table.insert
local tremove = _G.table.remove
local tostring = _G.tostring
local tonumber = _G.tonumber
local wipe = _G.table.wipe

local pprint, tabledump = addon.pprint, flib.tabledump
local CopyTable = _G.CopyTable
local GetNumRaidMembers = _G.GetNumGroupMembers or _G.GetNumRaidMembers
local IsInRaid = _G.IsInRaid or (function() return GetNumRaidMembers() > 0 end)
-- En masse forward decls of symbols defined inside local blocks
local _register_bossmod, makedate, create_new_cache, _init, _log
local _history_by_loot_id, _setup_unique_replace, _unavoidable_collision
local _notify_about_change, _notify_about_remote

-- Try to extract numbers from the .toc "Version" and munge them into an
-- integral form for comparison.  The result doesn't need to be meaningful as
-- long as we can reliably feed two of them to "<" and get useful answers.
--
-- This makes/reinforces an assumption that version_large of release packages
-- (e.g., 2016001) will always be higher than those of development packages
-- (e.g., 87), due to the tagging system versus subversion file revs.  This
-- is good, as local dev code will never trigger a false positive update
-- warning for other users.
do
	local r = 0
	for d in addon.version:gmatch("%d+") do
		r = 1000*r + d
	end
	-- If it's a big enough number to obviously be a release, then make
	-- sure it's big enough to overcome many small previous point releases.
	while r > 2000 and r < 2000000 do
		r = 1000*r
	end
	version_large = math.max(r,1)
end

-- Hypertext support, inspired by DBM broadcast pizza timers
do
	local hypertext_format_str = "|HOuroLoot:%d|h%s[%s]|r|h"
	local func_map = {} --_G.setmetatable({}, {__mode = 'k'})
	local text_map = {} --_G.setmetatable({}, {__mode = 'kv'})
	local base = _G.newproxy(true)
	_G.getmetatable(base).__tostring = function(ud) return text_map[ud] end
	--@debug@
	-- collecting these tokens is an interesting micro-optimization but not yet
	_G.getmetatable(base).__gc = function(ud)
		print("Collecting hyperlink object <",tostring(ud),">")
	end
	--@end-debug@

	-- TEXT will automatically be surrounded by brackets
	-- COLOR can be ITEM_QUALITY_* or a formatting string ("|cff...")
	-- FUNC can be "MethodName", "tab_title", or a function
	--
	-- Returns an opaque token and a matching number.  Calling tostring() on
	-- the token will yield a formatted clickable string that can be displayed
	-- in chat.  The MethodName and raw function callbacks will both be
	-- passed the addon table and the same matching number.
	--
	-- This is largely an excuse to fool around with Lua data constructs.
	function addon.format_hypertext (text, color, func)
		local ret = _G.newproxy(base)
		local num = #text_map + 1
		text_map[ret] = hypertext_format_str:format (num,
				type(color)=='number' and ITEM_QUALITY_COLORS[color].hex or color,
				text)
		text_map[num] = ret
		func_map[ret] = func
		return ret, num
	end

	--[[
	link:         OuroLoot:n
	fullstring:   |HOuroLoot:n|h|cff.....[foo]|r|h
	mousebutton:  "LeftButton", "MiddleButton", "RightButton"

	amusingly, print()'ing the fullstring below as a debugging aid yields
	another clickable link, yay data reproducability
	]]
	local strsplit = _G.strsplit
	DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:HookScript("OnHyperlinkClick", function(self, link, fullstring, mousebutton)
		local ltype, arg = strsplit(":",link)
		if ltype ~= "OuroLoot" then return end
		arg = tonumber(arg)
		local f = func_map[text_map[arg]]
		if type(f) == 'function' then
			f (addon, arg)
		elseif type(f) == 'string' then
			if type(addon[f]) == 'function' then
				addon[f](addon,arg)         -- method name
			else
				addon:BuildMainDisplay(f)   -- tab title fragment
			end
		end
	end)

	local old = ItemRefTooltip.SetHyperlink
	function ItemRefTooltip:SetHyperlink (link, ...)
		if link:match("^OuroLoot") then return end
		return old (self, link, ...)
	end
end

do
	-- copied here because it's declared local to the calendar ui, thanks blizz ><
	local CALENDAR_FULLDATE_MONTH_NAMES = {
		FULLDATE_MONTH_JANUARY, FULLDATE_MONTH_FEBRUARY, FULLDATE_MONTH_MARCH,
		FULLDATE_MONTH_APRIL, FULLDATE_MONTH_MAY, FULLDATE_MONTH_JUNE,
		FULLDATE_MONTH_JULY, FULLDATE_MONTH_AUGUST, FULLDATE_MONTH_SEPTEMBER,
		FULLDATE_MONTH_OCTOBER, FULLDATE_MONTH_NOVEMBER, FULLDATE_MONTH_DECEMBER,
	}
	-- returns "dd Month yyyy", mm, dd, yyyy
	function makedate()
		Calendar_LoadUI()
		local _, M, D, Y = CalendarGetDate()
		local text = ("%d %s %d"):format(D, CALENDAR_FULLDATE_MONTH_NAMES[M], Y)
		return text, M, D, Y
	end
end

-- Returns an instance name or abbreviation, followed by the raid size
local function instance_tag()
	-- possibly redo this with the new GetRaidDifficulty function
	local name, typeof, diffcode, diffstr, _, perbossheroic, isdynamic = GetInstanceInfo()
	local t, r
	name = addon.instance_abbrev[name] or name
	if typeof == "none" then return name, MAX_RAID_MEMBERS end
	-- diffstr is "5 Player", "10 Player (Heroic)", etc.  ugh.
	if (GetLFGMode()) and (GetLFGModeType() == 'raid') then
		t,r = 'LFR', 25
	elseif diffcode == 1 then
		if IsInRaid() then
			t,r = "10",10
		else
			t,r = "5",5
		end
	elseif diffcode == 2 then
		if IsInRaid() then
			t,r = "25",25
		else
			t,r = "5h",5
		end
	elseif diffcode == 3 then
		t,r = "10h", 10
	elseif diffcode == 4 then
		t,r = "25h", 25
	end
	-- dynamic difficulties always return normal "codes"
	if isdynamic and perbossheroic == 1 then
		t = t .. "h"
	end
	return name .. "(" .. t .. ")", r
end
addon.instance_tag = instance_tag   -- grumble
addon.latest_instance = nil         -- spelling reminder, assigned elsewhere

-- Memoizing cache of unique IDs as we generate or search for them.  Keys are
-- the uniques, values are the following:
--   'history'      active player name in self.history
--   'history_may'  index into player's uniques list, CAN QUICKLY BE OUTDATED
--                  and will instantly be wrong after manual insertion
--   'loot'         active index into g_loot
-- with all but the history entry optional.  Values of g_uniqes.NOTFOUND
-- indicate a known missing status.  Use g_uniques:RESET() to wipe the cache
-- and return to searching mode.
do
	local notfound = -1
	local notfound_ret = { history = notfound }
	local mt

	-- This can either be its own function or a slightly redundant __index.
	local function m_probe_only (t, k)
		return rawget(t,k) or notfound_ret
	end

	-- Expensive search.
	local function m_full_search (t, k)
		local L, H, HU, loot
		-- Try active loot entries first
		for i,e in addon:filtered_loot_iter('loot') do
			if k == e.unique then
				L,loot = i,e
				break
			end
		end
		-- If it's active, try looking through that player's history first.
		if L then
			local hi,h = addon:get_loot_history (loot.person)
			for ui,u in ipairs(h.unique) do
				if k == u then
					H, HU = h.name, ui
					break
				end
			end
		else
			-- No luck?  Ugh, may have been reassigned and we're probing from
			-- older data.  Search the rest of current realm's history.
			for hi,h in ipairs(addon.history) do
				for ui,u in ipairs(h.unique) do
					if k == u then
						H, HU = h.name, ui
						break
					end
				end
			end
		end
		local ret = { loot = L, history = H or notfound, history_may = HU }
		t[k] = ret
		return ret
	end

	local function m_setmode (self, mode)
		mt.__index = (mode == 'probe') and m_probe_only or
		             (mode == 'search') and m_full_search or
					 nil -- maybe error() here?
	end

	local function m_reset (self)
		wipe(self)
		self[''] = notfound_ret  -- special case for receiving older broadcast
		self.NOTFOUND = notfound
		self.RESET = m_reset
		self.SEARCH = m_full_search
		self.TEST = m_probe_only
		self.SETMODE = m_setmode
		mt.__index = m_full_search
		return self
	end

	-- If unique keys ever change into objects instead of strings, change
	-- this into a weakly-keyed table.
	mt = { __metatable = 'Should be using setmode.' }

	g_uniques = setmetatable (m_reset{}, mt)
end


------ Expiring caches
--[[
cache = create_new_cache ("mycache", 15 [,cleanup])
cache:add(foo)
cache:test(foo)   -- returns true
   ....5 seconds pass
cache:add(bar)
   ....10 seconds pass
cache:test(foo)   -- returns false
cache:test(bar)   -- returns true
   ....5 seconds pass
   ....bar also gone, cleanup() called
]]
do
	local caches = {}
	local cleanup_group = _G.AnimTimerFrame:CreateAnimationGroup()
	local time = _G.time
	cleanup_group:SetLooping("REPEAT")
	cleanup_group:SetScript("OnLoop", function(cg)
		addon.dprint('cache',"OnLoop firing")
		local now = time()
		local alldone = true
		-- this is ass-ugly
		for name,c in pairs(caches) do
			local fifo = c.fifo
			local active = #fifo > 0
			while (#fifo > 0) and (now > fifo[1].t) do
				addon.dprint('cache', name, "cache removing", fifo[1].t, "<", fifo[1].m, ">")
				tremove(fifo,1)
			end
			if active and #fifo == 0 and c.func then
				addon.dprint('cache', name, "empty, firing cleanup")
				c:func()
			end
			alldone = alldone and (#fifo == 0)
		end
		if alldone then
			addon.dprint('cache',"OnLoop FINISHING animation group")
			cleanup_group:Finish()
			_G.collectgarbage()
		else
			addon.dprint('cache',"OnLoop done, not yet finished")
		end
	end)

	local function _add (cache, x)
		local datum = { t=time()+cache.ttl, m=x }
		cache.hash[x] = datum
		tinsert (cache.fifo, datum)
		if not cleanup_group:IsPlaying() then
			addon.dprint('cache', cache.name, "with entry", datum.t, "<", datum.m, "> STARTING animation group")
			cache.cleanup:SetDuration(1)  -- hmmm
			cleanup_group:Play()
		end
	end
	local function _test (cache, x)
		-- FIXME This can return false positives, if called after the onloop
		-- fifo has been removed but before the GC has removed the weak entry.
		-- What to do, what to do...  try forcing a GC during alldone.
		return cache.hash[x] ~= nil
	end

	function create_new_cache (name, ttl, on_alldone)
		-- setting OnFinished for cleanup fires at the end of each inner loop,
		-- with no 'requested' argument to distinguish cases.  thus, on_alldone.
		-- FWIW, on_alldone is passed this table as its sole argument:
		local c = {
			ttl = ttl,
			name = name,
			add = _add,
			test = _test,
			cleanup = cleanup_group:CreateAnimation("Animation"),
			func = on_alldone,
			fifo = {},
			hash = setmetatable({}, {__mode='kv'}),
		}
		c.cleanup:SetOrder(1)
		caches[name] = c
		return c
	end
end


------ Ace3 framework stuff
function addon:OnInitialize()
	if self.author_debug then
		_G.OL = self
		_G.g_uniques = g_uniques
	end
	_log = _G.OuroLootSV_log

	-- VARIABLES_LOADED has fired by this point; test if we're doing something like
	-- relogging during a raid and already have collected loot data
	local OuroLootSV = _G.OuroLootSV
	g_restore_p = OuroLootSV ~= nil
	self.dprint('flow', "oninit sets restore as", g_restore_p)

	if _G.OuroLootSV_opts == nil then
		_G.OuroLootSV_opts = {}
		local vclick = self.format_hypertext ([[click here]], ITEM_QUALITY_UNCOMMON, 'help')
		self:ScheduleTimer(function(s)
			s:Print(virgin, tostring(vclick))
			virgin = nil
		end,10,self)
	else
		virgin = nil
	end
	opts = _G.OuroLootSV_opts
	local stored_datarev = opts.datarev or 14
	for opt,default in pairs(option_defaults) do
		if opts[opt] == nil then
			opts[opt] = default
		end
	end
	opts.datarev = option_defaults.datarev

	-- transition&remove old options
	opts['forum_use_itemid'] = nil
	if opts['forum_format'] then
		opts.forum['Custom...'] = opts['forum_format']
		opts['forum_format'] = nil
	end
	if opts.forum['[url]'] then
		opts.forum['[url] Wowhead'] = opts.forum['[url]']
		opts.forum['[url]'] = nil
		opts.forum['[url] MMO/Wowstead'] = option_defaults.forum['[url] MMO/Wowstead']
		if opts['forum_current'] == '[url]' then
			opts['forum_current'] = '[url] Wowhead'
		end
	end
	if opts['register_slashloot'] then
		self:Print[[The "/loot" command is no longer available, because it is used by Blizzard in MoP.  You can toggle on other synonyms for "/ouroloot" in the Options tab.]]
	end
	opts['register_slashloot'] = nil
	option_defaults = nil
	if OuroLootSV then  -- may not be the same as testing g_restore_p soon
		if OuroLootSV.saved then
			OuroLootSV_saved = OuroLootSV.saved; OuroLootSV.saved = nil
		end
		if OuroLootSV.threshold then
			opts.threshold = OuroLootSV.threshold; OuroLootSV.threshold = nil
		end
		if OuroLootSV.autoshard then
			opts.autoshard = OuroLootSV.autoshard; OuroLootSV.autoshard = nil
		end
	end

	-- get item filter table if needed
	if opts.itemfilter == nil then
		opts.itemfilter = self.default_itemfilter
	else
		-- remove old stuff that doesn't "drop" anymore
		-- find some way of only doing this once
		opts.itemfilter[29434] = nil -- Badge of Justice
		opts.itemfilter[40752] = nil -- Emblem of Heroism
		opts.itemfilter[40753] = nil -- Emblem of Valor
		opts.itemfilter[45624] = nil -- Emblem of Conquest
		opts.itemfilter[43228] = nil -- Stone Keeper's Shard
		opts.itemfilter[47241] = nil -- Emblem of Triumph
		opts.itemfilter[49426] = nil -- Emblem of Frost
	end
	self.default_itemfilter = nil
	if opts.itemvault == nil then
		opts.itemvault = self.default_itemvault
	end
	self.default_itemvault = nil

	self:RegisterChatCommand("ouroloot", "OnSlash")
	if opts.register_slash_synonyms then
		-- Maybe use %w here for non-English locales?
		local n = 2
		for s in opts.slash_synonyms:gmatch("/%a+") do
			_G['SLASH_ACECONSOLE_OUROLOOT'..n] = s
			n = n + 1
		end
	end

	self.history_all = self.history_all or _G.OuroLootSV_hist or {}
	local r = self:load_assert (_G.GetRealmName(), "how the freak does GetRealmName() fail?")
	self.history_all[r] = self:_prep_new_history_category (self.history_all[r], r)
	self.history = self.history_all[r]

	local histformat = self.history_all.HISTFORMAT
	self.history_all.HISTFORMAT = nil   -- don't keep this in live data
	if _G.OuroLootSV_hist
	   and (histformat == nil or histformat < 4)
	then   -- some big honkin' loops
		for rname,realm in pairs(self.history_all) do
			for pk,player in ipairs(realm) do
				if histformat == nil or histformat < 3 then
					for lk,loot in ipairs(player) do
						if loot.count == "" then
							loot.count = nil
						end
						if not loot.unique then
							loot.unique = loot.id .. ' ' .. loot.when
						end
					end
				end
				-- format 3 to format 4 was a major revamp of per-player data
				self:_uplift_history_format(player)
			end
		end
	end
	self._uplift_history_format = nil
	--OuroLootSV_hist = nil

	-- Handle changes to the stored data format in stages from oldest to newest.
	-- bumpers[X] is responsible for updating from X to X+1.
	-- (This is turning into a lot of loops over the same table.  Consolidate?)
	if OuroLootSV then
		local dirty = false
		local bumpers = {}
		bumpers[14] = function()
			for i,e in ipairs(OuroLootSV) do
				if e.bosskill then
					e.bossname, e.bosskill = e.bosskill, nil
				end
			end
		end

		bumpers[15] = function()
			for i,e in ipairs(OuroLootSV) do
				if e.kind == 'boss' then
					e.maxsize, e.raiderlist, e.raidersnap = 0, nil, {}
				end
			end
			OuroLootSV.raiders = OuroLootSV.raiders or {}
			for name,r in pairs(OuroLootSV.raiders) do
				r.subgroup = 0
			end
		end

		bumpers[16] = function()
			for i,e in ipairs(OuroLootSV) do
				if e.kind == 'boss' then -- brown paper bag bugs
					e.raidersnap = e.raidersnap or {}
					e.maxsize = e.maxsize or 0
				end
			end
		end

		bumpers[17] = function()
			for i,e in ipairs(OuroLootSV) do
				if e.kind == 'loot' and e.is_heroic then
					e.variant, e.is_heroic = 1, nil
					-- Could try detecting any previous LFR loot here, but... gah
				end
			end
		end

		bumpers[18] = bumpers[16]
			-- In the not-very-many days between 16 and 19, I managed to break
			-- the exact same data in the exact same way.  At least they're
			-- not actually running the same loop twice... probably... sigh.

		bumpers[19] = function()
			local date = _G.date
			for i,e in ipairs(OuroLootSV) do
				if e.kind == 'loot' then
					if e.history_unique then
						e.unique, e.history_unique = e.history_unique, nil
					end
					if e.unique == nil or #e.unique == 0 then
						e.unique = e.id .. e.person .. date("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M",e.stamp)
					end
				end
			end
		end

		--[===[
		local real = bumpers
		bumpers = newproxy(true)
		local mt = getmetatable(bumpers)
		mt.__index = real
		mt.__gc = function() print"whadda ya know, garbage collection works" end ]===]

		while stored_datarev < opts.datarev do
			self:Printf("Transitioning saved data format to %d...", stored_datarev+1)
			dirty = true
			bumpers[stored_datarev]()
			stored_datarev = stored_datarev + 1
		end
		if dirty then self:Print("Saved data has been massaged into shape.") end
	end

	self:FINISH_SPECIAL_TABS()
	_init(self)
	self.dprint('flow', "version strings:", version_large, self.revision, self.status_text)
	self.gui_state_pointer = nil
	self.load_assert = nil
	self.OnInitialize = nil   -- free up ALL the things!
end

function addon:OnEnable()
	self:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_LOGOUT")
	self:RegisterEvent(RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE_EVENT,"RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE")

	-- Cribbed from Talented.  I like the way jerry thinks: the first string
	-- argument can be a format spec for the remainder of the arguments.
	-- AceConsole:Printf isn't used because we can't specify a prefix without
	-- jumping through ridonkulous hoops.  The part about overriding :Print
	-- with a version using prefix hyperlinks is my fault.
	--
	-- CFPrint added instead of the usual Print testing of the first arg for
	-- frame-ness, which would slow down all printing and only rarely be useful.
	--
	-- There is no ITEM_QUALITY_LEGENDARY constant.  Sigh.
	do
		local AC = LibStub("AceConsole-3.0")
		local chat_prefix = self.format_hypertext ("Ouro Loot", --[[legendary]]5,
			--[[empty -> nil -> main tab]]'')
		local chat_prefix_s = tostring(chat_prefix)
		function addon:Print (str, ...)
			if type(str) == 'string' and str:find("%", nil, --[[plainmatch=]]true) then
				return AC:Print (chat_prefix_s, str:format(...))
			else
				return AC:Print (chat_prefix_s, str, ...)
			end
		end
		function addon:CFPrint (frame, str, ...)
			assert(type(frame)=='table' and frame.AddMessage)
			if type(str) == 'string' and str:find("%", nil, --[[plainmatch=]]true) then
				return AC:Print (frame, chat_prefix_s, str:format(...))
			else
				return AC:Print (frame, chat_prefix_s, str, ...)
			end
		end
	end

	-- Copy these over once, now that other addons have mostly loaded.  Any
	-- future tweaks via CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS will trigger the same callback.
	if addon.fill_out_class_colors then
		addon.fill_out_class_colors()
		addon.fill_out_class_colors = nil
	end

	while opts.keybinding do
		if InCombatLockdown() then
			local reload = self.format_hypertext ([[the options tab]],
				ITEM_QUALITY_UNCOMMON, 'opt')
			self:Print("Cannot create '%s' as a keybinding while in combat!",
				opts.keybinding_text)
			self:Print("The rest of the addon will continue to work, but you will need to reload out of combat to get the keybinding.  Either type /reload or use the button on %s in the lower right.",
				tostring(reload))
			break
		end

		KeyBindingFrame_LoadUI()
		local btn = CreateFrame("Button", "OuroLootBindingOpen", nil, "SecureActionButtonTemplate")
		btn:SetAttribute("type", "macro")
		btn:SetAttribute("macrotext", "/ouroloot toggle")
		if SetBindingClick(opts.keybinding_text, "OuroLootBindingOpen") then
			-- a simple SaveBindings(GetCurrentBindingSet()) occasionally fails when
			-- GCBS() decides to return neither 1 nor 2 during load, for reasons nobody
			-- has ever learned
			local c = GetCurrentBindingSet()
			if c == ACCOUNT_BINDINGS or c == CHARACTER_BINDINGS then
				SaveBindings(c)
			end
		else
			self:Print("Error registering '%s' as a keybinding, check spelling!",
				opts.keybinding_text)
		end
		break
	end

	--[[
	The four loot format patterns of interest, changed into relatively tight
	string match patterns.  Done at enable-time rather than load-time against
	the slim chance that one of the non-US "delocalizers" needs to mess with
	the global patterns before we transform them.
	
	The SELF variants can be replaced with LOOT_ITEM_PUSHED_SELF[_MULTIPLE] to
	trigger on 'receive item' instead, which would detect extracting stuff
	from mail, or s/PUSHED/CREATED/ for things like healthstones and guild
	cauldron flasks.

	??? do something with LOOT_ITEM_WHILE_PLAYER_INELIGIBLE for locked LFRs?
	]]

	-- LOOT_ITEM = "%s receives loot: %s." --> (.+) receives loot: (.+)%.
	g_LOOT_ITEM_ss = _G.LOOT_ITEM:gsub('%.$','%%.'):gsub('%%s','(.+)')

	-- LOOT_ITEM_MULTIPLE = "%s receives loot: %sx%d." --> (.+) receives loot: (.+)(x%d+)%.
	g_LOOT_ITEM_MULTIPLE_sss = _G.LOOT_ITEM_MULTIPLE:gsub('%.$','%%.'):gsub('%%s','(.+)'):gsub('x%%d','(x%%d+)')

	-- LOOT_ITEM_SELF = "You receive loot: %s." --> You receive loot: (.+)%.
	g_LOOT_ITEM_SELF_s = _G.LOOT_ITEM_SELF:gsub('%.$','%%.'):gsub('%%s','(.+)')

	-- LOOT_ITEM_SELF_MULTIPLE = "You receive loot: %sx%d." --> You receive loot: (.+)(x%d+)%.
	g_LOOT_ITEM_SELF_MULTIPLE_ss = _G.LOOT_ITEM_SELF_MULTIPLE:gsub('%.$','%%.'):gsub('%%s','(.+)'):gsub('x%%d','(x%%d+)')

	--[[
	Stick something in the Blizzard addons options list, where most users
	will probably look these days.  Try to be conservative about needless
	frame creation.
	]]
	local bliz = CreateFrame("Frame")
	bliz.name = "Ouro Loot"
	bliz:SetScript("OnShow", function(_b)
		local button = CreateFrame("Button",nil,_b,"UIPanelButtonTemplate")
		button:SetWidth(150)
		button:SetHeight(22)
		button:SetScript("OnClick", function()
			_G.InterfaceOptionsFrameCancel:Click()
			_G.HideUIPanel(GameMenuFrame)
			addon:OpenMainDisplayToTab"Options"
		end)
		button:SetText('"/ouroloot opt"')
		button:SetPoint("TOPLEFT",20,-20)
		_b:SetScript("OnShow",nil)
	end)
	_G.InterfaceOptions_AddCategory(bliz)

	-- Maybe load up g_uniques now?
	if opts.precache_history_uniques then
		self:_cache_history_uniques()
	end

	self:_scan_LOD_modules()

	self:_set_remote_change_chatframe (opts.chatty_on_remote_changes_frame, --[[silent_p=]]true)

	if self.debug.flow then self:Print"is in control-flow debug mode." end
end
--function addon:OnDisable() end

do
	local prototype = {}
	local registry

	-- By default, no plugins.  First one in sets up code for any after.
	addon.get_plugin = flib.nullfunc

	-- Fires before the plugin's own OnEnable (inherited or otherwise).
	function addon:OnModuleCreated (plugin)
		if not registry then
			registry = {}
			addon.get_plugin = function(a,t) return registry[t] end
			prototype.register_text_generator = function(p,t,...)
				registry[t] = p
				return addon:register_text_generator(t,...)
			end
			prototype.register_tab_control = function(p,t,...)
				registry[t] = p
				return addon:register_tab_control(t,...)
			end
		end
	end

	local function module_OnEnable (plugin)
		if plugin.option_defaults then
			local SVname = 'OuroLoot'..plugin:GetName()..'_opts'
			if not _G[SVname] then
				_G[SVname] = {}
				if type(plugin.OnFirstTime) == 'function' then
					plugin:OnFirstTime()
				end
			end
			plugin.opts = _G[SVname]
			for option,default in pairs(plugin.option_defaults) do
				if plugin.opts[option] == nil then
					plugin.opts[option] = default
				end
			end
			plugin.option_defaults = nil
		end
	end

	prototype.OnEnable = module_OnEnable
	prototype.default_OnEnable = module_OnEnable

	addon:SetDefaultModuleLibraries("AceConsole-3.0")
	addon:SetDefaultModulePrototype(prototype)

	local err = [[Module '%s' cannot register itself because it failed a required condition: '%s']]
	function addon:ConstrainedNewModule (modname, minrev, mincomm, mindata)
		if not addon.author_debug then
			if minrev and tonumber(minrev) > (tonumber(self.revision) or math.huge) then
				self:Print(err,modname,
					"revision "..self.revision.." older than minimum "..minrev)
				return false
			end
			if mincomm and tonumber(mincomm) > tonumber(self.commrev) then
				self:Print(err,modname,
					"commrev "..self.commrev.." older than minimum "..mincomm)
				return false
			end
			if mindata and tonumber(mindata) > opts.datarev then
				self:Print(err,modname,
					"datarev "..opts.datarev.." older than minimum "..mindata)
				return false
			end
		end
		return self:NewModule(modname)
	end
end


------ Event handlers
function addon:_clear_SVs()
	g_loot = {}  -- not saved, just fooling PLAYER_LOGOUT tests
	_G.OuroLootSV = nil
	_G.OuroLootSV_saved = nil
	_G.OuroLootSV_opts = nil
	_G.OuroLootSV_hist = nil
	_G.OuroLootSV_log = nil
	_G.ReloadUI()
end
function addon:PLAYER_LOGOUT()
	self:UnregisterEvent(RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE_EVENT)
	self:UnregisterEvent("PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD")

	local worth_saving = #g_loot > 0 or _G.next(g_loot.raiders)
	if not worth_saving then for text in self:registered_textgen_iter() do
		worth_saving = worth_saving or g_loot.printed[text] > 0
	end end
	if worth_saving then
		opts.autoshard = self.sharder
		opts.threshold = self.threshold
		for i,e in ipairs(g_loot) do
			e.cols = nil
		end
		_G.OuroLootSV = g_loot
	else
		_G.OuroLootSV = nil
	end

	worth_saving = false
	for r,t in pairs(self.history_all) do if type(t) == 'table' then
		if #t == 0 then
			self.history_all[r] = nil
		else
			worth_saving = true
			t.realm = nil
			t.st = nil
			t.byname = nil
		end
	end end
	if worth_saving then
		_G.OuroLootSV_hist = self.history_all
		_G.OuroLootSV_hist.HISTFORMAT = 4
	else
		_G.OuroLootSV_hist = nil
	end
	_G.OuroLootSV_log = #_G.OuroLootSV_log > 0 and _G.OuroLootSV_log or nil
end

do
	local IsInInstance, UnitIsConnected, UnitClass, UnitRace, UnitSex,
				UnitLevel, UnitInRaid, UnitIsVisible, GetGuildInfo, GetRaidRosterInfo =
	      IsInInstance, UnitIsConnected, UnitClass, UnitRace, UnitSex,
		  		UnitLevel, UnitInRaid, UnitIsVisible, GetGuildInfo, GetRaidRosterInfo
	local time, difftime = time, difftime
	local R_ACTIVE, R_OFFLINE, R_LEFT = 1, 2, 3

	local lastevent, now = 0, 0
	local redo_count = 0
	local redo, timer_handle

	function addon:CheckRoster (leaving_p, now_a)
		if not g_loot.raiders then return end -- bad transition

		now = now_a or time()

		if leaving_p then
			if timer_handle then
				self:CancelTimer(timer_handle)
				timer_handle = nil
			end
			for name,r in pairs(g_loot.raiders) do
				r.leave = r.leave or now
			end
			return
		end

		for name,r in pairs(g_loot.raiders) do
			if r.online ~= R_LEFT and not UnitInRaid(name) then
				r.online = R_LEFT
				r.leave = now
			end
		end

		if redo then
			redo_count = redo_count + 1
		end
		redo = false
		for i = 1, GetNumRaidMembers() do
			local unit = 'raid'..i
			-- We grab a bunch of return values here, but only pay attention to
			-- them under specific circumstances.
			local name, connected, subgroup, level, class, _
			name, _, subgroup, level, _, class, connected = GetRaidRosterInfo(i)
			-- No, that's not my typo, it really is "uknownbeing" in Blizzard's code.
			if name and name ~= UNKNOWN and name ~= UNKNOWNOBJECT and name ~= UKNOWNBEING then
				if not g_loot.raiders[name] then
					g_loot.raiders[name] = { needinfo=true }
				end
				local r = g_loot.raiders[name]
				r.subgroup = subgroup or (NUM_RAID_GROUPS+1)
				if r.needinfo and UnitIsVisible(unit) then
					r.needinfo = nil
					r.class    = class    --select(2,UnitClass(unit))
					r.race     = select(2,UnitRace(unit))
					r.sex      = UnitSex(unit)
					r.level    = level    --UnitLevel(unit)
					r.guild    = GetGuildInfo(unit)
				end
				--local connected = UnitIsConnected(unit)
				if connected and r.online ~= R_ACTIVE then
					r.join = r.join or now
					r.online = R_ACTIVE
				elseif (not connected) and r.online ~= R_OFFLINE then
					r.leave = now
					r.online = R_OFFLINE
				end
				redo = redo or r.needinfo
			end
		end
		if redo then  -- XXX test redo_count here and eventually give up?
			if not timer_handle then
				timer_handle = self:ScheduleRepeatingTimer("RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE", 60)
			end
		else
			redo_count = 0
			if timer_handle then
				self:CancelTimer(timer_handle)
				timer_handle = nil
			end
		end
	end

	function addon:RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE (event)
		if GetNumRaidMembers() == 0 then
			-- Leaving a raid group.
			-- Because of PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD, this code also executes on load
			-- screens while soloing and in regular groups.  Take care.
			self.dprint('flow', "GetNumRaidMembers == 0")
			if self.enabled and not self.debug.notraid then
				self.dprint('flow', "enabled, leaving raid")
				self.popped = nil
				self:Deactivate()
				self:CheckRoster(--[[leaving raid]]true)
			end
			return
		end

		local inside,whatkind = IsInInstance()
		if inside and (whatkind == "pvp" or whatkind == "arena") then
			self.dprint('flow', "got RRU event but in pvp zone, bailing")
			return
		end

		local docheck = self.enabled
		if event == "Activate" then
			-- dispatched manually from Activate
			self:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_LOOT")
			_register_bossmod(self)
			docheck = true
		elseif event == RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE_EVENT then
			-- hot code path, be careful

			-- event registration from onload, joined a raid, maybe show popup
			self.dprint('flow', "RRU check:", self.popped, opts.popup_on_join)
			if (not self.popped) and opts.popup_on_join then
				self.popped = StaticPopup_Show "OUROL_REMIND"
				self.popped.data = self
				return
			end
		end
		-- Throttle the checks fired by common events.
		if docheck and not InCombatLockdown() then
			now = time()
			if difftime(now,lastevent) > 45 then
				lastevent = now
				self:CheckRoster(false,now)
			end
		end
	end
end

--[=[ CHAT_MSG_LOOT handler and its helpers.
Situations for "unique tag" generation, given N people seeing local loot
events, M people seeing remote rebroadcasts, and player Z adding manually:

+ Local tracking:  All LOCALs should see the same itemstring, thus the same
  unique ID stripped out of field #9.  LOCALn includes this in the broadcast
  to REMOTEm.  Tag is a large number, meaningless for clients and players.

+ Local broadcasting, remote tracking:  same as local tracking.  Possibly
  some weirdness if all local versions are significantly older than the remote
  versions; in this case each REMOTEn will generate their own tags of the form
  itemID+formatted_date, which will not be "unique" for the next 60 seconds.
  As long as at least one LOCALn is recent enough to strip and broadcast a
  proper ID, multiple items of the same visible name will not be "lost".

+ Z manually inserts a loot entry:  Z generates a tag, preserved locally.
  If Z rebrodcasts that entry, all REMOTEs will see it.  Tag is of the form
  "n" followed by a random number.
]=]
do
	local counter, _do_loot
	do
		local count = 0
		function counter() count = count + 1; return count; end
	end

	local function maybe_trash_kill_entry()
		-- This field is set on various boss interactions, so we've got a
		-- kill/wipe entry already.
		if addon.latest_instance then return end
		local ss, max, inst = addon:snapshot_raid()
		addon.latest_instance = inst
		addon:_mark_boss_kill (addon._addBossEntry{
			kind='boss', reason='kill', bossname=[[trash]],
			instance=addon.latest_instance, duration=0,
			raidersnap=ss, maxsize=max
		})
	end

	-- Alert other trackers that unique tag EXISTING in subsequent 'casts
	-- should be replaced by REPLACE instead.  If multiple players all saw
	-- the same loot event, this will cause a flurry of cross-improvs.
	local function _announce_unique_improvisation (existing, replace)
		if not g_unique_replace then _setup_unique_replace() end
		g_unique_replace.new_entry (g_unique_replace.me, existing, replace, 'improv')
		addon:vbroadcast('improv', g_unique_replace.me, existing, replace)
	end

	local random = _G.math.random
	local function _many_uniques_handle_it (u, prefix)
		if u then
			-- Check and alert for an existing value.
			u = tostring(u)
			if g_uniques[u].history ~= g_uniques.NOTFOUND then
				if not g_unique_replace then _setup_unique_replace() end
				local maybe = g_unique_replace.get_previous_replacement (u)
				if maybe then
					addon.dprint('loot',"previous replaced tag ("..u
						..") with ("..maybe.."), using that instead")
					return false, u, maybe
				end
				local can_replace_p,improv = _many_uniques_handle_it (nil, 'c')
				if can_replace_p then
					_announce_unique_improvisation (u, improv)
					return false, u, improv
				end
				return false, u
			end
			addon.dprint('loot',"verified unique tag ("..u..")")
		else
			-- Need to *find* an unused value.  For now use a range of J*10^4
			-- where J is Jenny's Constant.  Thank you, <xkcd.com/1047>.
			prefix = prefix or 'n'
			repeat
				u = prefix .. random(8675309)
			until g_uniques:TEST(u).history == g_uniques.NOTFOUND
			addon.dprint('loot',"created unique tag ("..u..")")
		end
		return true, u
	end

	-- Recent loot cache
	local candidates = {}
	local sigmap = {}
	local function preempt_older_signature (oldersig, newersig)
		local origin = candidates[oldersig] and candidates[oldersig].bcast_from
		if origin and g_seeing_oldsigs[origin] then
			-- replace entry from older client with this newer one
			candidates[oldersig] = nil
			addon.dprint('loot', "preempting signature <", oldersig, "> from", origin)
		end
		return false
	end

	local function prefer_local_loots (cache)
		-- The function name is a bit of a misnomer, as local entries overwrite
		-- remote entries as the candidate table is populated.  This routine is
		-- here to extract the final results once the cache timers have expired.
		--
		-- Keep this sync'd with the local_override branch below.
		for i,sig in ipairs(candidates) do
			addon.dprint('loot', "processing candidate entry", i, sig)
			local loot = candidates[sig]
			if loot then
				maybe_trash_kill_entry() -- Generate *some* kind of boss/location entry
				candidates[sig] = nil
				local looti = addon._addLootEntry(loot)
				addon.dprint('loot', "entry", i, "was found, added at index", looti)
				if (loot.disposition ~= 'shard')
				   and (loot.disposition ~= 'gvault')
				   and (not addon.history_suppress)
				then
					addon:_addHistoryEntry(looti)
				elseif #loot.unique > 0 then
					g_uniques[loot.unique] =   -- stub entry
						{ loot = looti, history = g_uniques.NOTFOUND }
				end
			end
		end

		if addon.display then
			addon:redisplay()
		end
		wipe(candidates)
		wipe(sigmap)
	end
	local recent_loot = create_new_cache ('loot', comm_cleanup_ttl+3, prefer_local_loots)

	local strsplit, GetItemInfo, GetItemIcon, UnitClass =
		_G.strsplit, _G.GetItemInfo, _G.GetItemIcon, _G.UnitClass

	-- 'from' only present if this is triggered by a broadcast
	function _do_loot (self, local_override, recipient, unique, itemid, count, from, extratext)
		local prefix = "_do_loot[" .. counter() .. "]"
		local itexture = GetItemIcon(itemid)
		local iname, ilink, iquality = GetItemInfo(itemid)
		local cache_miss
		if (not iname) or (not itexture) then
			cache_miss = true
			iname, ilink, iquality, itexture = 
				UNKNOWN..': '..itemid, 'item:6948', ITEM_QUALITY_COMMON, [[ICONS\INV_Misc_QuestionMark]]
		end
		self.dprint('loot',">>"..prefix, "R:", recipient, "U:", unique, "I:",
			itemid, "C:", count, "frm:", from, "ex:", extratext, "q:", iquality)

		itemid = tonumber(ilink:match("item:(%d+)") or 0)

		-- This is only a 'while' to make jumping out of it easy.
		local i, unique_okay, replacement, ret1, ret2
		while local_override
		      or ((iquality >= self.threshold) and not opts.itemfilter[itemid])
		do
			unique_okay, unique, replacement =
				_many_uniques_handle_it ((not local_override) and unique)
			if not unique_okay then
				if replacement then
					-- collision, but we've generated a placeholder for now
					-- and broadcast the fact
					self.dprint('loot', "substituting", unique, "with", replacement)
				else
					i = g_uniques[unique]
					local err = unique_collision:format (iname, unique,
						tostring(from), tostring(i.loot), tostring(i.history))
					_unavoidable_collision (err)
					-- Make sure this is logged one way or another
					;(self.debug.loot and self.dprint or pprint)('loot', "COLLISION", prefix, err);
					ret1, ret2 = nil, err
					break
				end
			end

			if (self.rebroadcast and (not from)) and not local_override then
				self:vbroadcast('loot', recipient, unique, itemid, count)
			end
			if (not self.enabled) and (not local_override) then break end

			local oldersig = recipient .. iname .. (count or "")
			local signature, seenit
			if #unique > 0 then
				-- newer case
				signature = unique .. oldersig
				sigmap[oldersig] = signature
				seenit = (from and recent_loot:test(signature))
					-- The following clause is what handles older 'casts arriving
					-- earlier.  All this is tested inside-out to maximize short
					-- circuit evaluation; the preempt function always returns
					-- false to force seenit off.
					or (g_seeing_oldsigs and preempt_older_signature(oldersig,signature))
			else
				-- older case, only remote
				assert(from)
				signature = sigmap[oldersig] or oldersig
				seenit = recent_loot:test(signature)
			end

			if seenit then
				self.dprint('loot', "remote", prefix, "<", signature,
					"> already in cache, skipping from", from)
				break
			end

			-- There is some redundancy in all this, in the interests of ease-of-coding
			i = {
				kind		= 'loot',
				person		= recipient,
				person_class= select(2,UnitClass(recipient)),
				cache_miss	= cache_miss,
				quality		= iquality,
				itemname	= iname,
				id			= itemid,
				itemlink	= ilink,
				itexture	= itexture,
				unique		= replacement or unique,
				count		= (count and count ~= "") and count or nil,
				bcast_from	= from,
				extratext	= extratext,
				variant		= self:is_variant_item(ilink),
			}
			if opts.itemvault[itemid] then
				i.disposition = 'gvault'
			elseif recipient == self.sharder then
				i.disposition = 'shard'
			end
			if local_override then
				-- player is adding loot by hand, don't wait for network cache timeouts
				-- keep this sync'd with prefer_local_loots above
				if i.extratext == 'shard'
				   or i.extratext == 'gvault'
				   or i.extratext == 'offspec'
				then
					i.disposition = i.extratext
				end
				local looti = self._addLootEntry(i)
				if (i.disposition ~= 'shard')
				   and (i.disposition ~= 'gvault')
				   and (not self.history_suppress)
				then
					self:_addHistoryEntry(looti)
				else
					g_uniques[i.unique] =   -- stub entry
						{ loot = looti, history = g_uniques.NOTFOUND }
				end
				ret1 = looti  -- return value mostly for gui's manual entry
				self.dprint('loot', "manual", looti)
			else
				recent_loot:add(signature)
				candidates[signature] = i
				tinsert (candidates, signature)
				self.dprint('loot', prefix, "<", signature,
					"> added to cache as candidate", #candidates)
			end
			break
		end
		self.dprint('loot',"<<"..prefix, "out")
		return ret1, ret2
	end

	-- Returns the index of the resulting new loot entry, or nil after
	-- displaying any errors.
	function addon:CHAT_MSG_LOOT (event, ...)
		if (not self.rebroadcast) and (not self.enabled) and (event ~= "manual") then return end

		--[[
			iname:		Hearthstone
			iquality:	integer
			ilink:		clickable formatted link
			itemstring:	item:6948:....
			itexture:	inventory icon texture
		]]

		if event == "CHAT_MSG_LOOT" then
			local msg = ...
			local person, itemstring, count
			--ChatFrame2:AddMessage("original string:  >"..(msg:gsub("\124","\124\124")).."<")

			-- test in most likely order:  other people get more loot than "you" do
			person, itemstring, count = msg:match(g_LOOT_ITEM_MULTIPLE_sss)
			if not person then
				person, itemstring = msg:match(g_LOOT_ITEM_ss)
			end
			if not person then
				itemstring, count = msg:match(g_LOOT_ITEM_SELF_MULTIPLE_ss)
				if not itemstring then
					itemstring = msg:match(g_LOOT_ITEM_SELF_s)
				end
			end

			if not itemstring then return end    -- "PlayerX selected Greed", etc, not looting
			self.dprint('loot', "CHAT_MSG_LOOT, person is", person,
				", itemstring is", itemstring, ", count is", count)

			-- Name might be colorized, remove the highlighting
			if person then
				person = person:match("|c%x%x%x%x%x%x%x%x(%S+)") or person
			else
				person = my_name    -- UNIT_YOU / You
			end

			--local id = tonumber(itemstring:match('|Hitem:(%d+):'))
			local id,unique,_
			_,id,_,_,_,_,_,_,unique = strsplit (":", itemstring)
			if unique == 0 then unique = nil end

			return _do_loot (self, false, person, unique, id, count)

		elseif event == "broadcast" then
			return _do_loot(self, false, ...)

		elseif event == "manual" then
			local r,i,n = ...
			return _do_loot(self, true, r, --[[unique=]]nil, i,
				--[[count=]]nil, --[[from=]]nil, n)
		end
	end
end

-- This only triggers on entering combat after a registered boss kill.
-- Clearing this field forces subsequent trash kills to generate an entry
-- via maybe_trash_kill_entry.
-- (Possibly what is wanted is to start a 3 or 5 minute timer, and *then*
-- look for the next combat?)
function addon:PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED()
	self:UnregisterEvent ("PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED")
	self.latest_instance = nil
end


------ Slash command handler
-- Thought about breaking this up into a table-driven dispatcher.  But
-- that would result in a pile of teensy functions, most of which would
-- never be called.  Too much overhead.  (2.0:  Most of these removed now
-- that GUI is in place.)
do
	local green_help_link = addon.format_hypertext ([[Click here]],
		ITEM_QUALITY_UNCOMMON, 'help')
	function addon:OnSlash (txt) --, editbox)
		txt = strtrim(txt:lower())
		local cmd, arg = ""
		do
			local s,e = txt:find("^%a+")
			if s then
				cmd = txt:sub(s,e)
				s = txt:find("%S", e+2)
				if s then arg = txt:sub(s,-1) end
			end
		end

		if cmd == "" then
			if InCombatLockdown() then
				return self:Print("Shouldn't display window in combat.")
			else
				return self:BuildMainDisplay()
			end

		elseif cmd:find("^thre") then
			self:SetThreshold(arg)

		elseif cmd == "on" then                             self:Activate(arg)
		elseif cmd == "off" then                            self:Deactivate()
		elseif cmd == "broadcast" or cmd == "bcast" then    self:Activate(nil,true)

		elseif cmd == "toggle" then
			if self.display then
				self.display:Hide()
			else
				return self:BuildMainDisplay()
			end

		elseif cmd == "fake" then  -- maybe comment this out for real users
			self:_mark_boss_kill (self._addBossEntry{
				kind='boss',reason='kill',bossname="Baron Steamroller",duration=0
			})
			self:CHAT_MSG_LOOT ('manual', my_name, 54797)
			if self.display then
				self:redisplay()
			end
			self:Print "Baron Steamroller has been slain.  Congratulations on your rug."

		elseif cmd == "debug" then
			if arg then
				self.debug[arg] = not self.debug[arg]
				_G.print(arg,self.debug[arg])
				if self.debug[arg] then self.DEBUG_PRINT = true end
			else
				self.DEBUG_PRINT = not self.DEBUG_PRINT
			end

		elseif cmd == "save" and arg and arg:len() > 0 then
			self:save_saveas(arg)
		elseif cmd == "list" then
			self:save_list()
		elseif cmd == "restore" and arg and arg:len() > 0 then
			self:save_restore(tonumber(arg))
		elseif cmd == "delete" and arg and arg:len() > 0 then
			self:save_delete(tonumber(arg))

		elseif cmd == "help" then
			self:BuildMainDisplay('help')
		elseif cmd == "ping" then
			self:DoPing()

		elseif cmd == "fix" then
			if arg == "?" then
				self:Print[['/ouroloot fix cache' updates loot that wasn't in the cache]]
				self:Print[['/ouroloot fix history' repairs inconsistent data on the History tab]]
				self:Print[['/ouroloot fix' changes no stored data, only allows the window to be displayed again (this is built into all fixes above)]]
				return
			elseif arg == "cache" then
				self:do_item_cache_fixup()
			elseif arg == "history" then
				self:repair_history_integrity()
			end
			self.NOLOAD = nil
			self:Print("Window unlocked, best of luck.")

		else
			if self:OpenMainDisplayToTab(cmd,arg) then
				return
			end
			self:Print("Unknown command '%s'. %s to see the help window.",
				cmd, tostring(green_help_link))
		end
	end
end

function addon:SetThreshold (arg, quiet_p)
	local q = tonumber(arg)
	if q then
		q = math.floor(q+0.1)
		if q<0 or q>6 then
			return self:Print("Threshold must be 0-6.")
		end
	else
		q = qualnames[arg]
		if not q then
			return self:Print("Unrecognized item quality argument.")
		end
	end
	self.threshold = q
	if not quiet_p then self:Print("Threshold now set to %s.", self.thresholds[q]) end
end


------ On/off
-- Both of these need to be (effectively) idempotent.
function addon:Activate (opt_threshold, opt_bcast_only)
	self.dprint('flow', ":Activate is running")
	self:RegisterEvent(RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE_EVENT,"RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE")
	self:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD",
		function() self:ScheduleTimer("RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE", 5, "PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD") end)
	self.popped = true
	if IsInRaid() then
		self.dprint('flow', ">:Activate calling RRU")
		self:RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE("Activate")
	elseif self.debug.notraid then
		self.dprint('flow', ">:(notraid) Activate registering loot and bossmods")
		self:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_LOOT")
		_register_bossmod(self)
	elseif g_restore_p then
		g_restore_p = nil
		self.popped = nil  -- get the reminder if later joining a raid
		if #g_loot == 0 then
			-- only generated text and raider join/leave data, not worth verbage
			self.dprint('flow', ">:Activate restored generated texts, un-popping")
			return
		end
		self:Print("Restored previous data, but not in a raid",
				"and 5-player mode not active.  |cffff0505NOT tracking loot|r;",
				"use 'enable' to activate loot tracking, or 'clear' to erase",
				"previous data, or 'help' to read about saved-texts commands.")
		return
	end
	self.rebroadcast = true  -- hardcode to true; this used to be more complicated
	self.enabled = not opt_bcast_only
	g_seeing_oldsigs = nil
	if opt_threshold then
		self:SetThreshold (opt_threshold, --[[quiet_p=]]true)
	end
	self:Print("Now %s; threshold currently %s.",
		self.enabled and "tracking" or "only broadcasting",
		self.thresholds[self.threshold])
	self:broadcast('revcheck',version_large)
end

-- Note:  running '/ouroloot off' will also avoid the popup reminder when
-- joining a raid, but will not change the saved option setting.
function addon:Deactivate()
	self.enabled = false
	self.rebroadcast = false
	self:UnregisterEvent(RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE_EVENT)
	self:UnregisterEvent("PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD")
	self:UnregisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_LOOT")
	self:Print("Deactivated.")
end

function addon:Clear(verbose_p)
	local repopup, st
	if self.display then
		-- in the new version, this is likely to always be the case
		repopup = true
		st = self.display:GetUserData("GUI state").eoiST
		if not st then
			self.dprint('flow', "Clear: display visible but eoiST not set??")
		end
		self.display:Hide()
	end
	g_restore_p = nil
	_G.OuroLootSV = nil
	self:_reset_timestamps()
	if verbose_p then
		if (_G.OuroLootSV_saved and #_G.OuroLootSV_saved>0) then
			self:Print("Current loot data cleared, %d saved sets remaining.", #_G.OuroLootSV_saved)
		else
			self:Print("Current loot data cleared.")
		end
	end
	_init(self,st)
	if repopup then
		addon:BuildMainDisplay()
	end
end


------ Behind the scenes routines
-- Semi-experimental debugging aid.
do
	-- Declaring _log as local to here can result in this sequence:
	-- 1)  logging happens, followed by reload or logout/login
	-- 2)  _log points to SV_log
	-- 3)  VARIABLES_LOADED replaces SV_log pointer with restored version
	-- 4)  logging happens to _log table (now with no other references)
	-- 5)  at logout, nothing new has been entered in the table being saved
	local date = _G.date
	function addon:log_with_timestamp (msg)
		tinsert (_log, date('%m/%d %H:%M:%S  ')..msg)
	end
end

-- Check for plugins which haven't already been loaded, and add hooks for
-- them.  Credit to DBM for the approach here.
function addon:_scan_LOD_modules()
	for i = 1, GetNumAddOns() do
		if GetAddOnMetadata (i, "X-OuroLoot-Plugin")
		   and IsAddOnLoadOnDemand(i)
		   and not IsAddOnLoaded(i)
		then
			local folder, _, _, enabled, _, reason = GetAddOnInfo(i)
			if enabled or opts.display_disabled_LODs then
				local tabtitle = GetAddOnMetadata (i, "X-OuroLoot-Plugin")
				self:_gui_add_LOD_tab (tabtitle, folder, i, enabled, reason)
			end
		end
	end
end

-- Routines for printing changes made by remote users.
do
	local remote_change_chatframe

	function addon:_set_remote_change_chatframe (arg, silent_p)
		local frame
		if type(arg) == 'number' then
			arg = _G.math.min (arg, _G.NUM_CHAT_WINDOWS)
			frame = _G['ChatFrame'..arg]
		elseif type(arg) == 'string' then
			frame = _G[arg]
		end
		if type(frame) == 'table' and type(frame.AddMessage) == 'function' then
			remote_change_chatframe = frame
			if not silent_p then
				local msg = "Now printing to chat frame " .. arg
				if frame.GetName then
					msg = msg .. " (" .. tostring(frame:GetName()) .. ")"
				end
				self:Print(msg)
				if frame ~= _G.DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME then
					self:CFPrint (frame, msg)
				end
			end
			return frame
		else
			self:Print("'%s' was not a valid chat frame number/name, no change has been made.", arg)
		end
	end

	function _notify_about_change (chatframe, source, index, olddisp, from_whom, from_class)
		local e = g_loot[index]
		if not e then
			-- how did this happen?
			return
		end
		if source == my_name then
			source = _G.UNIT_YOU
		end
		local from_text, to_text
		if from_whom then
			if from_whom == my_name then
				from_whom = _G.UNIT_YOU
			end
			from_text = addon:colorize (from_whom, from_class)
			to_text = e.person == my_name and _G.UNIT_YOU or e.person
			to_text = addon:colorize (to_text, e.person_class)
		else
			if olddisp then
				from_text = addon.disposition_colors[olddisp].text
			else
				olddisp = "normal"
				from_text = "normal"
			end
			from_text = addon.disposition_colors[olddisp].hex
				.. from_text .. "|r"

			if e.disposition then
				to_text = addon.disposition_colors[e.disposition].text
			else
				to_text = "normal"
			end
			to_text = addon.disposition_colors[e.disposition or "normal"].hex
				.. to_text .. "|r"
		end

		addon.dprint ('loot', "notification:", source, index,
			e.itemlink, from_text, to_text)
		addon:CFPrint (chatframe, remote_chatty, source, index,
			e.itemlink, from_text, to_text)
	end

	function _notify_about_remote (sender, index, olddisp, from_whom, from_class)
		_notify_about_change (remote_change_chatframe, sender, index, olddisp, from_whom, from_class)
	end
end

-- Adds indices to traverse the tables in a nice sorted order.
do
	local byindex, temp = {}, {}
	local function sort (src, dest)
		for k in pairs(src) do
			temp[#temp+1] = k
		end
		_G.table.sort(temp)
		wipe(dest)
		for i = 1, #temp do
			dest[i] = src[temp[i]]
		end
	end

	function addon.sender_list.sort()
		sort (addon.sender_list.active, byindex)
		wipe(temp)
		addon.sender_list.activeI = #byindex
		sort (addon.sender_list.names, byindex)
		wipe(temp)
	end
	addon.sender_list.namesI = byindex
end

function addon:DoPing()
	self:Print("Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please.")
	self.sender_list.active = {}
	self.sender_list.names = {}
	self:broadcast('ping')
	self:broadcast('revcheck',version_large)
end

function addon:_check_version (otherrev)
	self.dprint('comm', version_large, "revchecking against", otherrev)
	otherrev = tonumber(otherrev)
	if otherrev == version_large then
		-- normal case

	elseif otherrev < version_large then
		self.dprint('comm', "ours is newer, notifying")
		self:broadcast('revcheck',version_large)

	else
		self.dprint('comm', "ours is older, (possibly) yammering")
		if newer_warning then
			local pop = addon.format_hypertext ([[click here]], ITEM_QUALITY_UNCOMMON,
				function()
					-- Sadly, this is not generated by the packager, so hardcode it
					-- for now.  The 'data' field is handled differently for onshow
					-- than for other callbacks.
					StaticPopup_Show("OUROL_URL",
						--[[text_arg1=]]nil, --[[text_arg2=]]nil,
						--[[data=]][[http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/ouroloot]])
				end)
			local ping = addon.format_hypertext ([[click here]], ITEM_QUALITY_UNCOMMON, 'DoPing')
			self:Print(newer_warning, tostring(pop), tostring(ping))
			newer_warning = nil
		end
	end
end

-- Generic helpers
-- Returns index and entry at that index, or nil if not found.
function addon._find_next_after (kind, index)
	index = index + 1
	while index <= #g_loot do
		if g_loot[index].kind == kind then
			return index, g_loot[index]
		end
		index = index + 1
	end
end
-- Essentially a _find_next_after('time'-or-'boss'), but if KIND is
-- 'boss', will also stop upon finding a timestamp.  Returns nil if
-- appropriate fencepost is not found.
function addon._find_timeboss_fencepost (kind, index)
	local fencepost
	local closest_time = addon._find_next_after('time',index)
	if kind == 'time' then
		fencepost = closest_time
	elseif kind == 'boss' then
		local closest_boss = addon._find_next_after('boss',index)
		if not closest_boss then
			fencepost = closest_time
		elseif not closest_time then
			fencepost = closest_boss
		else
			fencepost = _G.math.min(closest_time,closest_boss)
		end
	end
	return fencepost
end

-- Iterate through g_loot entries according to the KIND field.  Loop variables
-- are g_loot indices and the corresponding entries (essentially ipairs + some
-- conditionals).
function addon:filtered_loot_iter (filter_kind)
	return self._find_next_after, filter_kind, 0
end

do
	local itt
	local function create()
		local tip, lefts = CreateFrame("GameTooltip"), {}
		for i = 1, 2 do -- scanning idea here also snagged from Talented
			local L,R = tip:CreateFontString(), tip:CreateFontString()
			L:SetFontObject(GameFontNormal)
			R:SetFontObject(GameFontNormal)
			tip:AddFontStrings(L,R)
			lefts[i] = L
		end
		tip.lefts = lefts
		return tip
	end
	function addon:is_variant_item(item)   -- returns number or *nil*
		itt = itt or create()
		itt:SetOwner(UIParent,"ANCHOR_NONE")
		itt:ClearLines()
		itt:SetHyperlink(item)
		local t = itt.lefts[2]:GetText()
		itt:Hide()
		return (t == ITEM_HEROIC and 1)
		       or (t == RAID_FINDER and 2)  -- no ITEM_ for this, apparently
		       or nil
	end
end

-- Called at the end of OnInit, and then also when a 'clear' is being
-- performed.  If SV's are present then g_restore_p will be true.
function _init (self, possible_st)
	self.dprint('flow',"_init running")
	self.loot_clean = nil
	self.hist_clean = nil
	if g_restore_p then
		g_loot = _G.OuroLootSV
		self.popped = #g_loot > 0
		self.dprint('flow', "restoring", #g_loot, "entries")
		self:ScheduleTimer("Activate", 12, opts.threshold)
		-- FIXME printed could be too large if entries were deleted, how much do we care?
		self.sharder = opts.autoshard
	else
		g_loot = {}
	end
	if type(g_loot.raiders) ~= 'table' then
		g_loot.raiders = {}
	end
	if type(g_loot.printed) ~= 'table' then
		g_loot.printed = {}
	end

	self.threshold = opts.threshold or self.threshold -- in the case of restoring but not tracking
	self:gui_init (g_loot, g_uniques)
	opts.autoshard = nil
	opts.threshold = nil

	if g_restore_p then
		self:zero_printed_fenceposts()   -- g_loot.printed.* = previous/safe values
	else
		self:zero_printed_fenceposts(0)  -- g_loot.printed.* = 0
	end
	if possible_st then
		possible_st:SetData(g_loot)
	end

	self.status_text = ("%s(r%s) communicating as ident %s commrev %s"):
		format (self.version, self.revision, self.ident, self.commrev)
	self:RegisterComm(self.ident)
	self:RegisterComm(self.identTg, "OnCommReceivedNocache")

	if self.author_debug then
		_G.Oloot = g_loot
	end
end

-- Raid roster snapshots
do
	function addon:snapshot_raid (only_inraid_p)
		local ss = CopyTable(g_loot.raiders)
		local instance,maxsize = instance_tag()
		if only_inraid_p then
			for name,info in _G.next, ss do
				if info.online == 3 then
					ss[name] = nil
				end
			end
		end
		return ss, maxsize, instance, _G.time()
	end
end

-- Tie-in with Deadly Boss Mods (or other such addons)
do
	local candidates = {}
	local location
	local function fixup_durations (cache)
		local boss, bossi
		boss = candidates[1]
		if #candidates == 1 then
			-- (1) or (2)
			boss.duration = boss.duration or 0
			addon.dprint('loot', "only one boss candidate")
		else
			-- (3), should only be one 'cast entry and our local entry
			if #candidates ~= 2 then
				-- could get a bunch of 'cast entries on the heels of one another
				-- before the local one ever fires, apparently... sigh
				--addon:Print("<warning> s3 cache has %d entries, does that seem right to you?", #candidates)
			end
			if candidates[2].duration == nil then
				--addon:Print("<warning> s3's second entry is not the local trigger, does that seem right to you?")
			end
			-- try and be generic anyhow
			for i,c in ipairs(candidates) do
				if c.duration then
					boss = c
					addon.dprint('loot', "fixup found boss candidate", i, "duration", c.duration)
					break
				end
			end
		end
		bossi = addon._addBossEntry(boss)
		-- addon.
		bossi = addon._adjustBossOrder (bossi, g_boss_signpost) or bossi
		g_boss_signpost = nil
		addon.latest_instance = boss.instance
		addon.dprint('loot', "added boss entry", bossi)
		if boss.reason == 'kill' then
			addon:RegisterEvent ("PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED")
			addon:_mark_boss_kill (bossi)
			if opts.chatty_on_kill then
				addon:Print("Registered kill for '%s' in %s!", boss.bossname, boss.instance)
			end
		end
		wipe(candidates)
	end
	local recent_boss = create_new_cache ('boss', 10, fixup_durations)

	-- Similar to _do_loot, but duration+ parms only present when locally generated.
	local function _do_boss (self, reason, bossname, intag, maxsize, duration)
		self.dprint('loot',">>_do_boss, R:", reason, "B:", bossname,
		            "T:", intag, "MS:", maxsize, "D:", duration)
		if self.rebroadcast and duration then
			self:vbroadcast('boss', reason, bossname, intag, maxsize)
		end
		-- This is only a loop to make jumping out of it easy, and still do cleanup below.
		while self.enabled do
			if reason == 'wipe' and opts.no_tracking_wipes then break end
			bossname = (opts.snarky_boss and self.boss_abbrev[bossname] or bossname) or bossname
			local not_from_local = duration == nil
			local signature = bossname .. reason
			if not_from_local and recent_boss:test(signature) then
				self.dprint('cache', "remote boss <",signature,"> already in cache, skipping")
			else
				recent_boss:add(signature)
				g_boss_signpost = #g_loot + 1
				self.dprint('loot', "added boss signpost", g_boss_signpost)
				-- Possible scenarios:  (1) we don't see a boss event at all (e.g., we're
				-- outside the instance) and so this only happens once as a non-local event,
				-- (2) we see a local event first and all non-local events are filtered
				-- by the cache, (3) we happen to get some non-local events before doing
				-- our local event (not because of network weirdness but because our local
				-- DBM might not trigger for a while).
				local c = {
					kind		= 'boss',
					bossname	= bossname,
					reason		= reason,
					instance	= intag,
					duration	= duration,      -- deliberately may be nil
					raidersnap	= self:snapshot_raid(),
					maxsize		= maxsize,
				}
				tinsert(candidates,c)
			end
			break
		end
		self.dprint('loot',"<<_do_boss out")
	end
	-- This exposes the function to OCR, and can be a wrapper layer later.
	addon.on_boss_broadcast = _do_boss

	function addon:_mark_boss_kill (index)
		local e = g_loot[index]
		if not e then
			self:Print("Something horribly wrong;", index, "is not a valid entry!")
			return
		end
		if not e.bossname then
			self:Print("Something horribly wrong;", index, "is not a boss entry!")
			return
		end
		if e.reason ~= 'wipe' then
			-- enh, bail
			self.loot_clean = index-1
		end
		local attempts = 1
		local first

		-- Maybe redo this to only collapse *contiguous* wipes...?
		local i,d = 1,g_loot[1]
		while d ~= e do
			if d.bossname and
			   d.bossname == e.bossname and
			   d.instance == e.instance and
			   d.reason == 'wipe'
			then
				first = first or i
				attempts = attempts + 1
				assert(tremove(g_loot,i)==d,"_mark_boss_kill screwed up data badly")
			else
				i = i + 1
			end
			d = g_loot[i]
		end
		e.reason = 'kill'
		e.attempts = attempts
		self.loot_clean = first or index-1
	end

	function addon:register_boss_mod (name, registration_func, deregistration_func)
		assert(type(name)=='string')
		assert(type(registration_func)=='function')
		if deregistration_func ~= nil then
			assert(type(deregistration_func)=='function')
		end
		self.bossmods[#self.bossmods+1] = {
			n = name,
			r = registration_func,
			d = deregistration_func,
		}
		self.bossmods[name] = self.bossmods[#self.bossmods]
		assert(self.bossmods[name].n == self.bossmods[#self.bossmods].n)
	end

	function _register_bossmod (self, force_p)
		local x = self.bossmod_registered and self.bossmods[self.bossmod_registered]
		if x then
			if x.n == opts.bossmod and not force_p then
				-- trying to register with already-registered boss mod
				return
			else
				-- deregister
				if x.d then x.d(self) end
			end
		end

		x = nil
		for k,v in ipairs(self.bossmods) do
			if v.n == opts.bossmod then
				x = k
				break
			end
		end

		if not x then
			self.status_text = "|cffff1010No boss-mod found!|r"
			self:Print(self.status_text)
			return
		end

		if self.bossmods[x].r (self, _do_boss) then
			self.bossmod_registered = self.bossmods[x].n
		else
			self:Print("|cffff1010Boss mod registration failed|r")
		end
	end
end

-- Adding entries to the loot record, and tracking the corresponding timestamp.
do
	local rawget, setmetatable = _G.rawget, _G.setmetatable

	-- This shouldn't be required.  /sadface
	local loot_entry_mt = {
		__index = function (e,key)
			if key == 'cols' then
				pprint('mt', e.kind, "key is", key)
				--tabledump(e)  -- not actually that useful
				addon:_fill_out_eoi_data(1)
			end
			return rawget(e,key)
		end
	}

	-- Given a loot index, searches backwards for a timestamp.  Returns that
	-- index and the time entry, or nil if it falls off the beginning.  Pass an
	-- optional second index to search no earlier than that.
	-- May also be able to make good use of this in forum-generation routine.
	function addon:find_previous_time_entry(i,stop)
		stop = stop or 0
		while i > stop do
			if g_loot[i].kind == 'time' then
				return i, g_loot[i]
			end
			i = i - 1
		end
	end

	-- format_timestamp (["format_string"], Day, [Loot])
	-- DAY is a loot entry with kind=='time', and controls the date printed.
	-- LOOT may be any kind of entry in the g_loot table.  If present, it
	--    overrides the hour and minute printed; if absent, those values are
	--    taken from the DAY entry.
	-- FORMAT_STRING may contain $x (x in Y/M/D/h/m) tokens.
	-- FIXME this is horribabble
	local format_timestamp_values, point2dee = {}, "%.2d"
	function addon:format_timestamp (fmt_opt, day_entry, time_entry_opt)
		if not time_entry_opt then
			if type(fmt_opt) == 'table' then        -- Two entries, default format
				time_entry_opt, day_entry = day_entry, fmt_opt
				fmt_opt = "$Y/$M/$D $h:$m"
			--elseif type(fmt_opt) == "string" then   -- Day entry only, caller-specified format
			end
		end
		--format_timestamp_values.Y = point2dee:format (day_entry.startday.year % 100)
		format_timestamp_values.Y = ("%.4d"):format (day_entry.startday.year)
		format_timestamp_values.M = point2dee:format (day_entry.startday.month)
		format_timestamp_values.D = point2dee:format (day_entry.startday.day)
		format_timestamp_values.h = point2dee:format ((time_entry_opt or day_entry).hour)
		format_timestamp_values.m = point2dee:format ((time_entry_opt or day_entry).minute)
		return fmt_opt:gsub ('%$([YMDhm])', format_timestamp_values)
	end

	local done_todays_date
	function addon:_reset_timestamps()
		done_todays_date = nil
	end
	local function do_todays_date()
		local text, M, D, Y = makedate()
		local found,ts = #g_loot+1
		repeat
			found,ts = addon:find_previous_time_entry(found-1)
			if found and ts.startday.text == text then
				done_todays_date = true
			end
		until done_todays_date or (not found)
		if done_todays_date then
			g_today = ts
		else
			done_todays_date = true
			g_today = g_loot[addon._addLootEntry{
				kind = 'time',
				startday = {
					text = text, month = M, day = D, year = Y
				}
			}]
		end
		addon:_fill_out_eoi_data(1)
	end

	-- Adding anything original to g_loot goes through this routine.
	-- More precisely, anything new on the EOI tab hits this; it does not
	-- necessarily need to be a looted item.
	function addon._addLootEntry (e)
		setmetatable(e,loot_entry_mt)

		if not done_todays_date then do_todays_date() end

		local h, m = _G.GetGameTime()
		--local localuptime = math.floor(GetTime())
		local time_t = _G.time()
		e.hour = h
		e.minute = m
		e.stamp = time_t --localuptime
		if e.kind == 'loot' then
			if (not e.unique) or (#e.unique==0) then
				e.unique = e.id .. (e.disposition or e.person) .. _G.date("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M",e.stamp)
			end
		end
		local index = #g_loot + 1
		g_loot[index] = e
		return index
	end

	-- Safety wrapper only.
	-- XXX Maybe pprint something here.
	function addon._addBossEntry (e)
		local ret = addon._addLootEntry(e)
		assert(e.kind=='boss')
		local needSize = e.maxsize == nil
		local needSnap = e.raidersnap == nil
		local needInst = e.instance == nil
		if needSize or needSnap then
			local ss, max, inst = addon:snapshot_raid()
			if needSize then e.maxsize = max end
			if needSnap then e.raidersnap = ss end
			if needInst then e.instance = inst end
		end
		return ret
	end

	-- Problem:  (1) boss kill happens, (2) fast looting happens, (3) boss
	-- cache cleanup fires.  Result:  loot shows up before boss kill entry.
	-- Solution:  We need to shuffle the boss entry above any of the loot
	-- from that boss.
	function addon._adjustBossOrder (is, should_be)
		if is == should_be then
			return
		end
		if (type(is)~='number') or (type(should_be)~='number') or (is < should_be) then
			pprint('loot', is, should_be, "...the hell? bailing")
			return
		end
		if g_loot[should_be].kind == 'time' then
			should_be = should_be + 1
			if is == should_be then
				return
			end
		end

		assert(g_loot[is].kind == 'boss')
		local boss = tremove (g_loot, is)
		tinsert (g_loot, should_be, boss)
		return should_be
	end
end

-- In the rare case of items getting put into the loot table without current
-- item cache data (which will have arrived by now).
function addon:do_item_cache_fixup()
	self:Print("Fixing up missing item cache data...")

	local numfound = 0
	local borkedpat = '^'..UNKNOWN..': (%S+)'

	-- 'while true' so that we can use (inner) break as (outer) continue
	for i,e in self:filtered_loot_iter('loot') do while true do
		if not e.cache_miss then break end
		local borked_id = e.itemname:match(borkedpat)
		if not borked_id then break end
		numfound = numfound + 1
		-- Best to use the safest and most flexible API here, which is GII and
		-- its assload of return values.
		local iname, ilink, iquality, _,_,_,_,_,_, itexture = GetItemInfo(borked_id)
		if iname then
			local msg = [[    Entry %d patched up with %s.]]
			e.quality = iquality
			e.itemname = iname
			e.id = tonumber(ilink:match("item:(%d+)"))
			e.itemlink = ilink
			e.itexture = itexture
			e.cache_miss = nil
			if e.unique then
				local gu = g_uniques[e.unique]
				local player_i, player_h, hist_i = _history_by_loot_id (e.unique, "fixcache")
				if gu.loot ~= i then   -- is this an actual problem?
					pprint ('loot',
						("Unique value '%s' had iterator value %d but g_uniques index %s."):
						format(e.unique,i,tostring(gu.loot)))
				end
				if player_i then
					player_h.id[e.unique] = e.id
					msg = [[    Entry %d (and history) patched up with %s.]]
				end
			end
			self:Print(msg, i, ilink)
		end
		break
	end end

	self:Print("...finished.  Found %d |4entry:entries; with weird data.", numfound)
end

do
	local gur

	-- Strictly speaking, we'd want to handle individual 'exist' entries
	-- as they expire, rather then waiting for all of them to expire and then
	-- doing them as a group.  But, if there're more than one of these per
	-- boss, something else is funky anyhow and certainly not a hurry.
	local function fixup_unique_replacements()
		for exist,info in pairs(gur.replacements) do
			local winning_index = 1
			local winner = info[1]
			info[1] = nil
			pprint('improv', "fixup for", exist, "starting with guid",
				winner[1], "with tag", winner[2], "out of", #info,
				"total entries")
			-- Lowest player GUID wins.  Seniority gotta count for something.
			for i = 2, #info do
				if winner[1] <= info[i][1] then
					pprint('improv', "champ wins against", i, info[i][1])
					flib.del(info[i])
				else
					pprint('improv', "challenger wins with", i, info[i][1])
					flib.del(winner)
					winner = info[i]
					winning_index = i
				end
				info[i] = nil
			end
			pprint('improv', "final:", winner[1], winner[2])
			--[[
			A:  winner was generated locally
			   >winning_index == 1
			   >g_loot and history already has the replacement value
			B:  winner was generated remotely
			   >need to scan and replace
			Detecting A is strictly an optimization.  We should be able to do
			this code safely in all cases.  Important to note:  a local winner
			will always be at index 1, but a winner at index 1 does not
			necessarily mean it was locally generated (e.g., if the local
			itemfilter drops it but a remote player does an improv).  Just
			do the general case until/unless this becomes a problem.
			]]
			local cache = g_uniques:SEARCH(exist)
			local looti,hi,ui = cache.loot, cache.history, cache.history_may

			-- Active loot
			if looti and g_loot[looti].unique == exist then
				pprint('improv', "found and replaced loot entry", looti)
				g_loot[looti].unique = winner[2]
			else
				-- If sharded, filtered, or the improv was done by the local
				-- player, then the "previous" unique would not have made it
				-- into the tables to begin with.  So don't flag an error.
				pprint('improv', "No active loot found", looti,
					looti and g_loot[looti].unique, winning_index)
			end

			-- History
			if hi ~= g_uniques.NOTFOUND then
				hi = addon.history.byname[hi]
				local hist = addon.history[hi]
				if ui and hist.unique[ui] == exist then
					-- ui is valid
				else
					ui = nil
					for i,ui2 in ipairs(hist.unique) do
						if ui2 == exist then
							ui = i
							break
						end
					end
				end
				if ui then
					pprint('improv', "found and replacing history entry", hi,
						ui, hist.name)
					assert(exist ~= winner[2])
					hist.when[winner[2]] = hist.when[exist]
					hist.id[winner[2]] = hist.id[exist]
					hist.count[winner[2]] = hist.count[exist]
					hist.unique[ui] = winner[2]
					hist.when[exist] = nil
					hist.id[exist] = nil
					hist.count[exist] = nil
				end
			end

			pprint('improv', "finished with", exist, "into", winner[2])
			flib.del(winner)
			flib.del(info)
			gur.replacements[exist] = nil
		end
	end

	local function new_entry (id, exist, repl, is_local)
		pprint('improv', "new_entry", id, exist, repl, is_local)
		gur.replacements[exist] = gur.replacements[exist] or flib.new()
		tinsert (gur.replacements[exist], flib.new (tonumber(id), repl))
		if is_local then
			gur.replacements[exist].LOCAL = repl
		end
		gur.cache:add (exist)
	end

	local function get_previous_replacement (exist)
		local l = gur.replacements[exist]
		if l and l.LOCAL then
			pprint('improv', "check for previous", exist, "returns valid",
				l.LOCAL)
			return l.LOCAL
		end
		pprint('improv', "check for previous", exist, "returns nil")
	end

	function _setup_unique_replace ()
		gur = {}
		gur.cache = create_new_cache ('improv', 10, fixup_unique_replacements)
		gur.me = tonumber(_G.UnitGUID('player'):sub(-7),16)
		gur.replacements = {}
		gur.new_entry = new_entry
		gur.get_previous_replacement = get_previous_replacement
		g_unique_replace = gur
		_setup_unique_replace  = nil
	end
end

do
	local clicky
	function addon:horrible_horrible_error (err_msg)
		if self.display then
			local d = self.display
			if d then
				local gui = d:GetUserData("GUI state")
				local eoist = gui.eoiST
				if eoist then eoist:Hide() end
				local histst = gui.histST
				if histst then histst:Hide() end
				d:Hide()
			end
		end
		self.NOLOAD = err_msg
		-- This should happen so rarely that it's not worth moving into gui.lua
		if not StaticPopupDialogs["OUROL_ARGH"] then
			StaticPopupDialogs["OUROL_ARGH"] = flib.StaticPopup{
				button1 = OKAY,
			}
			clicky = addon.format_hypertext(
				[[ SYSTEM FAILURE -- RELEASE RINZLER ]], "|cffff0000",
				function() StaticPopup_Show "OUROL_ARGH" end)
		end
		StaticPopupDialogs["OUROL_ARGH"].text = horrible_error_text:format(err_msg)
		_G.PlaySoundFile ([[Interface\AddOns\Ouro_Loot\sfrr.ogg]], "Master")
		addon:Print ("        ")
		addon:Print ("        ", clicky)
		addon:Print ("        ")
	end

	function _unavoidable_collision (err)
		addon:horrible_horrible_error (err)
		-- we don't actually need to kill the GUI in this case
		addon.NOLOAD = nil
	end
end


------ Saved texts
function addon:check_saved_table(silent_p)
	local s = _G.OuroLootSV_saved
	if s and (#s > 0) then return s end
	_G.OuroLootSV_saved = nil
	if not silent_p then self:Print("There are no saved loot texts.") end
end

function addon:save_list()
	local s = self:check_saved_table(); if not s then return end
	for i,t in ipairs(s) do
		self:Print("#%d   %s    %d entries     %s", i, t.date, t.count, t.name)
	end
end

function addon:save_saveas(name)
	_G.OuroLootSV_saved = _G.OuroLootSV_saved or {}
	local SV = _G.OuroLootSV_saved
	local n = #SV + 1
	local save = {
		name = name,
		date = makedate(),
		count = #g_loot,
	}
	for text in self:registered_textgen_iter() do
		save[text] = g_loot[text]
	end
	self:Print("Saving current loot texts to #%d '%s'", n, name)
	SV[n] = save
	return self:save_list()
end

function addon:save_restore(num)
	local s = self:check_saved_table(); if not s then return end
	if (not num) or (num > #s) then
		return self:Print("Saved text number must be 1 - "..#s)
	end
	local save = s[num]
	self:Print("Overwriting current loot data with saved text #%d '%s'",num,save.name)
	self:Clear(--[[verbose_p=]]false)
	-- Clear will already have displayed the window, and re-selected the first
	-- tab.  Set these up for when the text tabs are clicked.
	for text in self:registered_textgen_iter() do
		g_loot[text] = save[text]
	end
end

function addon:save_delete(num)
	local s = self:check_saved_table(); if not s then return end
	if (not num) or (num > #s) then
		return self:Print("Saved text number must be 1 - "..#s)
	end
	self:Print("Deleting saved text #"..num)
	tremove(s,num)
	return self:save_list()
end


------ Loot histories
-- history_all = {
--   ["Kilrogg"] = {
--     ["realm"] = "Kilrogg",                 -- not saved
--     ["st"] = { lib-st display table },     -- not saved
--     ["byname"] = {                         -- not saved
--       ["OtherPlayer"] = 2,
--       ["Farmbuyer"] = 1,
--     }
--     [1] = {
--       ["name"] = "Farmbuyer",
--       ["person_class"] = "PRIEST", -- may be missing, used in display only
--       -- sorted array:
--       ["unique"] = { most_recent_tag, previous_tag, .... },
--       -- these are indexed by unique tags, and 'count' may be missing:
--       ["when"] = { ["tag"] = "formatted timestamp for displaying loot" },
--       ["id"] = { ["tag"] = 11111 },
--       ["count"] = { ["tag"] = "x3", .... },
--     },
--     [2] = {
--       ["name"] = "OtherPlayer",
--       ......
--     }, ......
--   },
--   ["OtherRealm"] = ......
-- }
--
-- Up through 2.81.4 (specifically through rev 95), an individual player's
-- table looked like this:
--       ["name"] = "Farmbuyer",
--       [1] = { id = nnnnn, when = "formatted timestamp for displaying" }  -- most recent loot
--       [2] = { ......., [count = "x3"]                                 }  -- previous loot
-- which was much easier to manipulate, but had a ton of memory overhead.
do
	-- Sorts a player's history from newest to oldest, according to the
	-- formatted timestamp.  This is expensive, and destructive for P.unique.
	local function compare_timestamps (L, R)
		return L > R    -- reverse of normal order, newest first
	end
	local function sort_player (p)
		local new_uniques, uniques_bywhen, when_array = {}, {}, {}
		for u,tstamp in pairs(p.when) do
			uniques_bywhen[tstamp] = u
			when_array[#when_array+1] = tstamp
		end
		_G.table.sort (when_array, compare_timestamps)
		for i,tstamp in ipairs(when_array) do
			new_uniques[i] = uniques_bywhen[tstamp]
		end
		p.unique = new_uniques
	end

	function addon:repair_history_integrity()
		local rcount, pcount, hcount, errors = 0, 0, 0, 0
		local empties_to_delete = {}

		for rname,realm in pairs(self.history_all) do
			for pk,player in ipairs(realm) do
				local id, when, unique, count = {}, {}, {}, {}
				for i,h in ipairs(player.unique) do
					h = tostring(h)
					if player.when[h] and player.id[h] then
						unique[#unique+1] = h
						id[h] = player.id[h]
						when[h] = player.when[h]
						count[h] = player.count[h]
					else
						self:Print("Realm %s, player %s, entry %d:  tag <%s>, id <%s>, time <%s>, count <%s>",
							rname, player.name, i, h, tostring(player.id[h]),
							tostring(player.when[h]), tostring(player.count[h]))
						errors = errors + 1
					end
					hcount = hcount + 1
				end
				player.id, player.when, player.unique, player.count =
					id, when, unique, count
				player.person_class = g_loot.raiders[player.name]
					and g_loot.raiders[player.name].class
				if #player.unique > 1 then
					sort_player(player)
				elseif #player.unique == 0 then
					tinsert (empties_to_delete, 1, pk)
				end
				pcount = pcount + 1
			end
			if #empties_to_delete > 0 then
				for _,pk in ipairs(empties_to_delete) do
					local player = tremove (realm, pk)
					self:Print("Realm %s, player %s, is empty", rname, player.name)
				end
				wipe(empties_to_delete)
			end
			if #realm == 0 then
				self.history_all[rname] = nil
				self:Print("Realm %s is empty", rname)
			end
			rcount = rcount + 1
		end
		self:_build_history_names()
		if errors > 0 then
			self:Print("The listed entries have been erased from history.")
		end
	end

	-- Possibly called during login.  Cleared when no longer needed.
	-- Rewrites a PLAYER table from format 3 to format 4.
	function addon:_uplift_history_format (player)
		local unique, when, id, count = {}, {}, {}, {}
		local name = player.name

		for i,h in ipairs(player) do
			local U = h.unique
			unique[i] = U
			when[U] = h.when
			id[U] = h.id
			count[U] = h.count
		end

		wipe(player)
		player.name = name
		player.id, player.when, player.unique, player.count =
			id, when, unique, count
	end

	function addon:_cache_history_uniques()
		UpdateAddOnMemoryUsage()
		local before = GetAddOnMemoryUsage(nametag)
		local trouble
		local count = 0
		for hi,player in ipairs(self.history) do
			for ui,u in ipairs(player.unique) do
				g_uniques[u] = { history = player.name, history_may = ui }
				count = count + 1
			end
		end
		for i,e in self:filtered_loot_iter('loot') do
			if e.unique and e.unique ~= "" then
				local hmmm = _G.rawget(g_uniques,e.unique)
				if hmmm then
					hmmm.loot = i
				elseif e.disposition == 'shard' or e.disposition == 'gvault' then
					g_uniques[e.unique] = { loot = i, history = g_uniques.NOTFOUND }
					count = count + 1
				else
					hmmm = "active data not found in history ("..i.."/"..tostring(e.unique)
						..") in precache loop!  trying to fixup for this session"
					pprint(hmmm)  -- more?
					-- try to simply fix up errors as we go
					g_uniques[e.unique] = { loot = i, history = g_uniques.NOTFOUND }
				end
			else
				-- The usual cause: when only source is from an older client
				-- and the disposition did not trigger addhistory, then not
				-- even a stub history entry happens.  Code has now been added
				-- to try harder to prevent this, but it's still best to not
				-- simple ignore it.
				trouble = true
				pprint('loot', "ERROR precache loop found missing/outdated unique tag!",
					i, "tag <"..tostring(e.unique).."> from?", tostring(e.bcast_from))
			end
		end
		UpdateAddOnMemoryUsage()
		local after = GetAddOnMemoryUsage(nametag)
		self:Print("Pre-scanning history for faster loot handling on %s used %.2f MB of memory across %d entries.",
			self.history.realm, (after-before)/1024, count)
		if trouble then
			self:Print("Note that there were inconsistencies in the data;",
				"you should consider submitting a bug report (including your",
				"SavedVariables file), and regenerating or preening this",
				"realm's loot history.  If you keep seeing this message, type",
				"'/ouroloot fix ?' and try some of those actions.")
		end
		g_uniques:SETMODE('probe')
		self._cache_history_uniques = nil
	end

	-- Builds the map of names to array indices, using passed table or
	-- self.history, and stores the result into its 'byname' field.  Also
	-- called from the GUI code at least once.
	function addon:_build_history_names (opt_hist)
		local hist = opt_hist or self.history
		local m = {}
		for i = 1, #hist do
			m[hist[i].name] = i
		end
		-- why yes, I *did* spend many years as a YP/NIS admin, how did you know?
		hist.byname = m
	end

	-- Prepares and returns table to be used as self.history.
	function addon:_prep_new_history_category (prev_table, realmname)
		local t = prev_table or {
			--kind = 'realm',
			--realm = realmname,
		}
		t.realm = realmname

		--[[
		t.cols = setmetatable({
			{ value = realmname },
		}, self.time_column1_used_mt)
		]]

		if not t.byname then
			self:_build_history_names (t)
		end

		return t
	end

	-- Maps a name to an array index, creating new tables if needed.  Returns
	-- the index and the table at that index.
	function addon:get_loot_history (name)
		local i
		i = self.history.byname[name]
		if not i then
			i = #self.history + 1
			self.history[i] = { name=name, id={}, when={}, unique={}, count={} }
			self.history.byname[name] = i
		end
		return i, self.history[i]
	end

	-- Prepends data from the loot entry at LOOTINDEX to be the new most
	-- recent history entry for that player.
	function addon:_addHistoryEntry (lootindex)
		local e = g_loot[lootindex]
		if e.kind ~= 'loot' then return end

		local i,h = self:get_loot_history(e.person)
		local when = self:format_timestamp (g_today, e)
		assert(h.name==e.person)

		-- If any of these change, update the end of history_handle_disposition.
		if (not e.unique) or (#e.unique==0) then
			e.unique = e.id .. e.person .. when
		end
		local U = e.unique
		tinsert (h.unique, 1, U)
		h.when[U] = when
		h.id[U] = e.id
		h.count[U] = e.count

		g_uniques[U] = { loot = lootindex, history = e.person }
	end

	-- Create new history table based on current loot.
	function addon:rewrite_history (realmname)
		local r = assert(realmname)
		self.history_all[r] = self:_prep_new_history_category (nil, r)
		self.history = self.history_all[r]
		g_uniques:RESET()

		local g_today_real = g_today
		for i,e in ipairs(g_loot) do
			if e.kind == 'time' then
				g_today = e
			elseif e.kind == 'loot' then
				self:_addHistoryEntry(i)
			end
		end
		g_today = g_today_real
		self.hist_clean = nil

		-- safety measure:  resort players' tables based on formatted timestamp
		for i,h in ipairs(self.history) do
			sort_player(h)
		end
	end

	-- Clears all but the most recent HOWMANY (optional, default 1) entries
	-- for each player on REALMNAME.
	-- This function's name is the legacy of the orignal fsck(8) "-p" option,
	-- which has a similar feel.
	function addon:preen_history (realmname, howmany)
		local r = assert(realmname)
		howmany = tonumber(howmany) or 1
		if type(self.history_all[r]) ~= 'table' then
			return
		end
		g_uniques:RESET()
		for i,h in ipairs(self.history_all[r]) do
			-- This is going to do horrible things to memory.  The subtables
			-- after this step would be large and sparse, with no good way
			-- of shrinking the allocation...
			sort_player(h)
			-- ...so it's better in the long run to discard them.
			local new_unique, new_id, new_when, new_count = {}, {}, {}, {}
			for ui = 1, howmany do
				local U = h.unique[ui]
				if not U then break end
				new_unique[ui] = U
				new_id[U] = h.id[U]
				new_when[U] = h.when[U]
				new_count[U] = h.count[U]
			end
			h.unique, h.id, h.when, h.count =
				new_unique, new_id, new_when, new_count
		end
	end

	-- Given a unique tag OR an entry in a g_loot table, looks up the
	-- corresponding history entry.  Returns the player's index and history
	-- table (as in get_loot_history) and the index into that table of the
	-- loot entry.  On failure, returns nil and an error message ready to be
	-- formatted with the loot's name/itemlink.
	function _history_by_loot_id (needle, operation_text)
		local errtxt
		if type(needle) == 'string' then
			-- unique tag
		elseif type(needle) == 'table' then
			if needle.kind ~= 'loot' then
				error("trying to "..operation_text.." something that isn't loot")
			end
			needle = needle.unique
			if not needle then
				return nil, --[[errtxt=]]"Entry for %s is missing a history tag!"
			end
		else
			error("'"..tostring(needle).."' is neither unique string nor loot entry!")
		end

		local player_i, player_h
		local cache = g_uniques[needle]

		if cache.history == g_uniques.NOTFOUND then
			-- 1) loot an item, 2) clear old history, 3) reassign from current loot
			-- Bah.  Anybody that tricky is already recoding the tables directly anyhow.
			errtxt = "There is no record of %s ever having been assigned!"
		else
			player_i = addon.history.byname[cache.history]
			player_h = addon.history[player_i]
			if cache.history_may
			   and needle == player_h.unique[cache.history_may]
			then
				return player_i, player_h, cache.history_may
			end
			for i,u in ipairs(player_h.unique) do
				if needle == u then
					cache.history_may = i   -- might help, might not
					return player_i, player_h, i
				end
			end
		end

		if not errtxt then
			-- The cache finder got a hit, but now it's gone?  WTF?
			errtxt = "ZOMG!  %s was in history but now is gone.  Possibly your history tables have been corrupted and should be recreated.  This is likely a bug.  Tell Farmbuyer what steps you took to cause this."
		end
		return nil, errtxt
	end

	-- Handles reassigning loot between players.  Arguments depend on who's
	-- calling it:
	--     "local", row_index, new_recipient
	--     "remote", sender, unique_id, item_id, old_recipient, new_recipient
	-- In the local case, must also broadcast a trigger.  In the remote case,
	-- must figure out the corresponding loot entry (if it exists).  In both
	-- cases, must update history appropriately.  Returns nil if anything odd
	-- happens; returns the affected loot index on success.
	--function addon:reassign_loot (index, to_name)
	function addon:reassign_loot (how, ...)
		-- This must all be filled out in all cases:
		local e, index, from_name, to_name, unique, id
		-- Only set in remote case:
		local sender

		if how == "local" then
			-- GUI doesn't allow reassignment unless the item is not-shard,
			-- so we can assume the presence of a unique tag in this function.
			index, to_name = ...
			assert(type(to_name)=='string' and to_name:len()>0)
			index = assert(tonumber(index))
			e = g_loot[index]
			id = e.id
			unique = assert(e.unique)
			from_name = e.person

		elseif how == "remote" then
			sender, unique, id, from_name, to_name = ...
			id = tonumber(id)
			local cache
			local loop = 0
			repeat    -- wtb continue statement pst
				if loop > 1 then break end
				e = nil
				cache = cache and g_uniques:SEARCH(unique) or g_uniques[unique]
				index = tonumber(cache.loot)
				if index then
					e = g_loot[index]
				else
				end
				loop = loop + 1
			until e and (e.id == id)

		else
			return  -- silently ignore future cases from future clients
		end

		if self.debug.loot then
			local m = ("Reassign index %d (pre-unique %s) with id %d from '%s' to '%s'."):
				format(index, unique, id, tostring(from_name), tostring(to_name))
			self.dprint('loot', m)
			if sender == my_name then
				self.dprint('loot',"(Returning early from debug mode's double self-reassign.)")
				return index
			end
		end

		if not e then
			-- say something?
			return
		end

		local from_i, from_h, hist_i = _history_by_loot_id (e, "reassign")
		local to_i,to_h = self:get_loot_history(to_name)

		if not from_i then
			if how == "local" then
				-- from_h here is the formatted error text
				self:Print(from_h .. "  Loot will be reassigned, but history will NOT be updated.", e.itemlink)
			end
		else
			-- XXX do some sanity checks here?  from_name == from_h.name, etc?
			-- If something were wrong at this point, what could we do?

			local U = tremove (from_h.unique, hist_i)
			-- The loot master giveth...
			to_h.unique[#to_h.unique+1] = U
			to_h.when[U] = from_h.when[U]
			to_h.id[U] = from_h.id[U]
			to_h.count[U] = from_h.count[U]
			sort_player(to_h)
			-- ...and the loot master taketh away.
			from_h.when[U] = nil
			from_h.id[U] = nil
			from_h.count[U] = nil
			-- Blessed be the lookup cache of the loot master.
			g_uniques[U] = { loot = index, history = to_name }
		end
		local from_person_class = e.person_class or from_h.person_class
			or (g_loot.raiders[from_name] and g_loot.raiders[from_name].class)
			or select(2,_G.UnitClass(from_name))
		e.person = to_name
		e.person_class = to_h.person_class
			or (g_loot.raiders[to_name] and g_loot.raiders[to_name].class)
			or select(2,_G.UnitClass(to_name))
		self.hist_clean = nil
		self.loot_clean = nil

		if how == "local" then
			_notify_about_change (_G.DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME, _G.UNIT_YOU, index,
				nil, from_name, from_person_class)
			self:vbroadcast('reassign', unique, id, from_name, to_name)
		elseif opts.chatty_on_remote_changes then
			_notify_about_remote (sender, index, nil, from_name, from_person_class)
		end
		if self.display then
			self.display:GetUserData("GUI state").eoiST:OuroLoot_Refresh(index)
			self:redisplay()
		end
		return index
	end

	local function expunge (player, index_or_unique)
		local i,u
		if type(index_or_unique) == 'string' then
			for u = 1, #player.unique do
				if player.unique[u] == index_or_unique then
					i = u
					break
				end
			end
		elseif type(index_or_unique) == 'number' then
			i = index_or_unique
		end
		if not i then
			return -- error here?
		end
		u = player.unique[i]
		assert(#u>0)
		tremove (player.unique, i)
		player.when[u], player.id[u], player.count[u] = nil, nil, nil
		g_uniques[u] = nil
		addon.hist_clean = nil
		return #player.unique
	end

	-- Mirror of _addHistoryEntry.  Arguments are either:
	--   E          - loot entry
	--   U,ITEM     - unique tag, and a name/itemlink for errors
	-- If this entry was the only one for that player, will also remove that
	-- player's tables from the history array.
	--
	-- On success, returns the number of remaining history entries for that
	-- player (potentially zero).  On failure, returns nil+error.
	function addon:_delHistoryEntry (first, item)
		if type(first) == 'table' then
			item = first.itemlink or item
		--elseif type(first) == 'string' then
		end

		local from_i, from_h, hist_i = _history_by_loot_id (first, "delete")

		if not from_i then
			-- from_h is the formatted error text
			return nil, (from_h
			        .."  Loot will be deleted, but history will NOT be updated."
			       ):format(item)
		end

		local remaining = expunge (from_h, hist_i)
		if not remaining then
			return nil, "Something bizarre happening trying to delete "..item
		elseif remaining > 0 then
			return remaining
		end
		tremove (self.history, from_i)
		self:_build_history_names()
		return 0
	end

	-- Any extra work for the "Mark as <x>" dropdown actions.  The
	-- corresponding <x> will already have been assigned in the loot entry.
	local deleted_cache = {}
	function addon:history_handle_disposition (index, olddisp)
		local e = g_loot[index]
		-- Standard disposition has a nil entry, but that's tedious in debug
		-- output, so force to a string instead.
		olddisp = olddisp or 'normal'
		local newdisp = e.disposition or 'normal'
		-- Ignore misclicks and the like
		if olddisp == newdisp then return end

		local name = e.person

		if (newdisp == 'shard' or newdisp == 'gvault') then
			local name_i, name_h, hist_i = _history_by_loot_id (e, "mark")
			-- remove history entry if it exists
			-- FIXME revist this and use expunge
			if hist_i then
				local c = flib.new()
				local hist_u = tremove (name_h.unique, hist_i)
				c.when = name_h.when[hist_u]
				c.id = name_h.id[hist_u]
				c.count = name_h.count[hist_u]
				deleted_cache[hist_u] = c
				name_h.when[hist_u] = nil
				name_h.id[hist_u] = nil
				name_h.count[hist_u] = nil
				self.hist_clean = nil
			elseif (olddisp == 'shard' or olddisp == 'gvault') then
				-- Sharding a vault item, or giving the auto-sharder something to bank,
				-- etc, wouldn't necessarily have had a history entry to begin with.
				-- So this isn't treated as an error.
			else
				self:Print(name_h .. "  Loot has been marked, but history will NOT be updated.", e.itemlink)
			end
			return
		end

		if (olddisp == 'shard' or olddisp == 'gvault')
		   and (newdisp == 'normal' or newdisp == 'offspec')
		then
			local name_i, name_h = self:get_loot_history(name)

			-- Must create a new history entry.  Could call '_addHistoryEntry(index)'
			-- but that would duplicate a lot of effort.  To start with, check the
			-- cache of stuff we've already deleted; if it's not there then just do
			-- the same steps as _addHistoryEntry.
			-- FIXME The deleted cache isn't nearly as useful now with the new data structures.
			local when
			if (not e.unique) or (#e.unique==0) then
				when = g_today and self:format_timestamp (g_today, e) or date("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M",e.stamp)
				e.unique = e.id .. name .. when
			end
			local U = e.unique
			local c = deleted_cache[U]
			deleted_cache[U] = nil
			name_h.unique[#name_h.unique+1] = U
			name_h.when[U] = c and c.when or when or date("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M",e.stamp)
			name_h.id[U] = e.id -- c.id
			name_h.count[U] = c and c.count or e.count
			sort_player(name_h)
			g_uniques[U] = { loot = index, history = name }
			self.hist_clean = nil

			if c then flib.del(c) end

			return
		end
	end

	-- This is not entirely "history" but not completely anything else either.
	-- Handles the primary "Mark as <x>" action.  Arguments depend on who's
	-- calling it:
	--     "local", row_index, new_disposition
	--     "remote", sender, unique_id, item_id, old_disposition, new_disposition
	-- In the local case, must also broadcast a trigger.  In the remote case,
	-- must figure out the corresponding loot entry (if it exists).  In both
	-- cases, must update history appropriately.  Returns nil if anything odd
	-- happens (not necessarily an error!); returns the affected loot index
	-- on success.
	function addon:loot_mark_disposition (how, ...)
		-- This must all be filled out in all cases:
		local e, index, olddisp, newdisp, unique, id
		-- Only set in remote case:
		local sender

		if how == "local" then
			index, newdisp = ...
			index = assert(tonumber(index))
			e = g_loot[index]
			id = e.id
			unique = e.unique   -- can potentially still be nil at this step
			olddisp = e.disposition

		elseif how == "remote" then
			sender, unique, id, olddisp, newdisp = ...
			id = tonumber(id)
			local cache
			local loop = 0
			repeat    -- wtb continue statement pst
				if loop > 1 then break end
				e = nil
				cache = cache and g_uniques:SEARCH(unique) or g_uniques[unique]
				index = tonumber(cache.loot)
				if index then
					e = g_loot[index]
				else
				end
				loop = loop + 1
			until e and (e.id == id)

		else
			return  -- silently ignore future cases from future clients
		end

		if self.debug.loot then
			local m = ("Re-mark index %d (pre-unique %s) with id %d from '%s' to '%s'."):
				format(index, unique, id, tostring(olddisp), tostring(newdisp))
			self.dprint('loot', m)
			if sender == my_name then
				self.dprint('loot',"(Returning early from debug mode's double self-mark.)")
				return index
			end
		end

		if not e then
			-- say something?
			return
		end

		e.disposition = newdisp
		e.bcast_from = nil  -- I actually don't remember now why this gets cleared...
		e.extratext = nil
		self:history_handle_disposition (index, olddisp)
		self.hist_clean = nil
		self.loot_clean = nil
		-- A unique tag has been set by this point.
		if how == "local" then
			unique = assert(e.unique)
			self:vbroadcast('mark', unique, id, olddisp, newdisp)
		end
		return index
	end
end


------ Player communication
do
	local select, tconcat, strsplit, unpack = select, table.concat, strsplit, unpack
	--[[ old way:  repeated string concatenations, BAD
		 new way:  new table on every broadcast, BAD
	local msg = ...
	for i = 2, select('#',...) do
		msg = msg .. '\a' .. (select(i,...) or "")
	end
	return msg
	]]
	local function assemble(t,...)
		local n = select('#',...)
		if n > 0 then
			local msg = {t,...}
			-- tconcat requires strings, but T is known to be one already
			-- can't use #msg since there might be nil holes
			for i = 2, n+1 do
				msg[i] = tostring(msg[i] or "")
			end
			return tconcat (msg, '\a')
		end
		return t
	end

	-- broadcast('tag', <stuff>)
	-- vbroadcast('tag', <stuff>)
	function addon:vbroadcast(tag,...)
		return self:broadcast(self.commrev..tag,...)
	end
	function addon:broadcast(tag,...)
		local msg = assemble(tag,...)
		self.dprint('comm', "<broadcast>:", msg)
		self:SendCommMessage(self.ident, msg, "RAID")
		-- this is what lets us debug our own message traffic:
		if self.debug.comm then
			self:SendCommMessage(self.ident, msg, "GUILD")
		end
	end
	-- whispercast(<to>, 'tag', <stuff>)
	function addon:whispercast(to,...)
		local msg = assemble(...)
		self.dprint('comm', "<whispercast>@", to, ":", msg)
		self:SendCommMessage(self.identTg, msg, "WHISPER", to)
	end

	local function adduser (name, status, active)
		if status then addon.sender_list.names[name] = status end
		if active then addon.sender_list.active[name] = active end
	end

	-- Incoming handler functions.  All take the sender name and the incoming
	-- tag as the first two arguments.  All of these are active even when the
	-- player is not tracking loot, so test for that when appropriate.
	local OCR_funcs = {}

	OCR_funcs.ping = function (sender)
		pprint('comm', "incoming ping from", sender)
		local what = addon.enabled and "tracking" or
			(addon.rebroadcast and "broadcasting" or "disabled")
		addon:whispercast (sender, 'pong', addon.version, what, addon.revision)
	end
	OCR_funcs.pong = function (sender, _, ver, status, opt_rev)
		local s = ("|cff00ff00%s|r %s(r%s) is |cff00ffff%s|r"):
			format (sender, ver, opt_rev or "?", status)
		addon:Print("Echo: ", s)
		adduser (sender, s, status=="tracking" or status=="broadcasting" or nil)
	end
	OCR_funcs.revcheck = function (sender, _, revlarge)
		addon.dprint('comm', "revcheck, sender", sender)
		addon:_check_version (revlarge)
	end

	OCR_funcs['17improv'] = function (sender, _, senderid, existing, replace)
		addon.dprint('comm', "DOTimprov/17, sender", sender, "id", senderid,
			"existing", existing, "replace", replace)
		if not g_unique_replace then _setup_unique_replace() end
		g_unique_replace.new_entry (senderid, existing, replace)
	end

	OCR_funcs['17mark'] = function (sender, _, unique, item, old, new)
		addon.dprint('comm', "DOTmark/17, sender", sender, "unique", unique,
			"item", item, "from old", old, "to new", new)
		local index = addon:loot_mark_disposition ("remote", sender, unique, item, old, new)
		--if not addon.enabled then return end   -- hmm
		if index and opts.chatty_on_remote_changes then
			_notify_about_remote (sender, index, old)
		end
	end

	OCR_funcs['17reassign'] = function (sender, _, unique, item, from, to)
		addon.dprint('comm', "DOTreassign/17, sender", sender, "unique", unique,
			"item", item, "from", from, "to", to)
		--[[local index =]] addon:reassign_loot ("remote", sender, unique, item, from, to)
		-- Notification handled inside reassign_loot.
	end

	OCR_funcs['16loot'] = function (sender, _, recip, item, count, extratext)
		addon.dprint('comm', "DOTloot/16, sender", sender, "recip", recip, "item", item, "count", count)
		if not addon.enabled then return end
		adduser (sender, nil, true)
		-- Empty unique string will pass through all of the loot handling,
		-- and then be rewritten by the history routine (into older string
		-- of ID+date).
		g_seeing_oldsigs = g_seeing_oldsigs or {}
		g_seeing_oldsigs[sender] = true
		addon:CHAT_MSG_LOOT ("broadcast", recip, --[[unique=]]"", item, count, sender, extratext)
	end
	OCR_funcs.loot = OCR_funcs['16loot']   -- old unversioned stuff goes to 16
	OCR_funcs['17loot'] = function (sender, _, recip, unique, item, count, extratext)
		addon.dprint('comm', "DOTloot/17, sender", sender, "recip", recip,
			"unique", unique, "item", item, "count", count, "extratext", extratext)
		if not addon.enabled then return end
		adduser (sender, nil, true)
		addon:CHAT_MSG_LOOT ("broadcast", recip, unique, item, count, sender, extratext)
	end

	OCR_funcs.boss = function (sender, _, reason, bossname, instancetag)
		addon.dprint('comm', "DOTboss, sender", sender, "reason", reason,
			"name", bossname, "it", instancetag)
		if not addon.enabled then return end
		adduser (sender, nil, true)
		addon:on_boss_broadcast (reason, bossname, instancetag, --[[maxsize=]]0)
	end
	OCR_funcs['16boss'] = function (sender, _, reason, bossname, instancetag, maxsize)
		addon.dprint('comm', "DOTboss/16,17, sender", sender, "reason", reason,
			"name", bossname, "it", instancetag, "size", maxsize)
		if not addon.enabled then return end
		adduser (sender, nil, true)
		addon:on_boss_broadcast (reason, bossname, instancetag, maxsize)
	end
	OCR_funcs['17boss'] = OCR_funcs['16boss']

	local bcast_on = addon.format_hypertext ([[the red pill]], '|cffff4040',
		function (self)
			if not self.rebroadcast then
				self:Activate(nil,true)
			end
			self:broadcast('bcast_responder')
		end)
	local waferthin = addon.format_hypertext ([[the blue pill]], '|cff0070dd',
		function (self)
			g_wafer_thin = true               -- mint? it's wafer thin!
			self:broadcast('bcast_denied')   -- fuck off, I'm full
		end)
	OCR_funcs.bcast_req = function (sender)
		if addon.debug.comm or ((not g_wafer_thin) and (not addon.rebroadcast))
		then
			addon:Print("%s has requested additional broadcasters! Click %s to enable rebroadcasting, or %s to remain off and also ignore rebroadcast requests for as long as you're logged in.",
				sender,
				tostring(bcast_on),
				tostring(waferthin))
		end
		addon.popped = true
	end

	OCR_funcs.bcast_responder = function (sender)
		if addon.debug.comm or addon.requesting or
		   ((not g_wafer_thin) and (not addon.rebroadcast))
	   then
			addon:Print(sender, "has answered the call and is now broadcasting loot.")
		end
	end
	-- remove this tag once it's all tested
	OCR_funcs.bcast_denied = function (sender)
		if addon.requesting then addon:Print(sender, "declines futher broadcast requests.") end
	end

	-- Incoming message disassembler and dispatcher.  The static weak table
	-- is not my favorite approach to handling ellipses, but it lets me loop
	-- through potential nils easily without creating a ton of garbage.
	local OCR_data = setmetatable({}, {__mode='v'})
	local function dotdotdot (sender, tag, ...)
		local f = OCR_funcs[tag]
		if f then
			--wipe(OCR_data)   costs more than its worth here
			local n = select('#',...)
			for i = 1, n do
				local d = select(i,...)
				OCR_data[i] = (d ~= "") and d or nil
			end
			addon.dprint('comm', ":...processing", tag, "from", sender, "with arg count", n)
			return f(sender,tag,unpack(OCR_data,1,n))
		end
		addon.dprint('comm', "unknown comm message", tag, "from", sender)
	end
	-- Recent message cache (this can be accessed via advanced options panel)
	addon.recent_messages = create_new_cache ('comm', comm_cleanup_ttl)

	function addon:OnCommReceived (prefix, msg, distribution, sender)
		if prefix ~= self.ident then return end
		if not self.debug.comm then
			if distribution ~= "RAID" and distribution ~= "WHISPER" then return end
			if sender == my_name then return end
		end
		self.dprint('comm', ":OCR from", sender, "message is", msg)

		if self.recent_messages:test(msg) then
			self.dprint('cache', "OCR message <",msg,"> already in cache, skipping")
			return
		end
		self.recent_messages:add(msg)

		-- Nothing is actually returned, just (ab)using tail calls.
		return dotdotdot(sender,strsplit('\a',msg))
	end

	function addon:OnCommReceivedNocache (prefix, msg, distribution, sender)
		if prefix ~= self.identTg then return end
		if not self.debug.comm then
			if distribution ~= "WHISPER" then return end
			if sender == my_name then return end
		end
		self.dprint('comm', ":OCRN from", sender, "message is", msg)
		return dotdotdot(sender,strsplit('\a',msg))
	end
end

-- vim:noet