--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/10/31 22:32:32	1.57
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/11/02 17:42:09	1.58
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 # directcondval(index) : reading condition value of single condition from 
 #                        state string
 # condval(index)     : value of condition index based on state
-# varval(name)       : value of a variable
+# EXT(name)          : value of a variable
 # refreshstate()     : refresh the state information string
 # symblist(map,hash) : Updates symbolic storage links
 # symbread([filename]) : returns the data handle (filename optional)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 # 10/04 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 10/04 Guy Albertelli
 # 10/06,10/09,10/10,10/11,10/14,10/20,10/23,10/25,10/26,10/27,10/28,10/29, 
-# 10/30,10/31 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 10/30,10/31,11/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ sub condval {
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
 
-sub varval {
+sub EXT {
     my $varname=shift;
     my ($realm,$space,$qualifier,@therest)=split(/\./,$varname);
     my $rest;