--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/04/15 22:03:23	1.624
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/04/18 22:28:19	1.627
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.624 2005/04/15 22:03:23 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.627 2005/04/18 22:28:19 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2561,10 +2561,16 @@ sub convert_dump_to_currentdump{
     return \%returnhash;
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------ critical inc interface
+
+sub cinc {
+    return &inc(@_,'critical');
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- inc interface
 
 sub inc {
-    my ($namespace,$store,$udomain,$uname) = @_;
+    my ($namespace,$store,$udomain,$uname,$critical) = @_;
     if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
     if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
     my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
@@ -2582,7 +2588,11 @@ sub inc {
         }
     }
     $items=~s/\&$//;
-    return &reply("inc:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+    if ($critical) {
+	return &critical("inc:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+    } else {
+	return &reply("inc:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+    }
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- put interface
@@ -4937,7 +4947,8 @@ sub symbread {
                  if ($#possibilities==0) {
 # ----------------------------------------------- There is only one possibility
 		     my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$ids);
-                     $syval=declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).'___'.$resid;
+		     $syval=&encode_symb($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid},
+						    $resid,$thisfn);
                  } elsif (!$donotrecurse) {
 # ------------------------------------------ There is more than one possibility
                      my $realpossible=0;
@@ -4947,8 +4958,8 @@ sub symbread {
          		    my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$_);
                             if ($bighash{'map_type_'.$mapid} ne 'page') {
 				$realpossible++;
-                                $syval=declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).
-                                       '___'.$resid;
+                                $syval=&encode_symb($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid},
+						    $resid,$thisfn);
                             }
 			 }
                      }
@@ -4962,7 +4973,6 @@ sub symbread {
         }
         if ($syval) {
 	    return $env{$cache_str}=$syval;
-	    #return $env{$cache_str}=&symbclean($syval.'___'.$thisfn);
         }
     }
     &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);