Function weapon_descr

src/weapon.c:89–142

weapon's skill category name for use as generalized description of weapon; mostly used to shorten "you drop your " messages when slippery fingers or polymorph causes hero to involuntarily drop wielded weapon(s) */

   mostly used to shorten "you drop your <weapon>" messages when slippery
   fingers or polymorph causes hero to involuntarily drop wielded weapon(s) */
const char *
weapon_descr(struct obj *obj)
{
    int skill = weapon_type(obj);
    const char *descr = P_NAME(skill);

    /* assorted special cases */
    switch (skill) {
    case P_NONE:
        /* not a weapon or weptool: use item class name;
           override class name for things where it sounds strange and
           for things that aren't unexpected to find being wielded:
           corpses, tins, eggs, and globs avoid "food",
           statues and boulders avoid "large rock",
           and towels and tin openers avoid "tool" */
        descr = (obj->otyp == CORPSE || obj->otyp == TIN || obj->otyp == EGG
                 || obj->otyp == STATUE || obj->otyp == BOULDER
                 || obj->otyp == TOWEL || obj->otyp == TIN_OPENER)
                ? OBJ_NAME(objects[obj->otyp])
                : obj->globby ? "glob"
                  : def_oc_syms[(int) obj->oclass].name;
        break;
    case P_SLING:
        if (is_ammo(obj))
            descr = (obj->otyp == ROCK || is_graystone(obj))
                        ? "stone"
                        /* avoid "rock"; what about known glass? */
                        : (obj->oclass == GEM_CLASS)
                            ? "gem"
                            /* in case somebody adds odd sling ammo */
                            : def_oc_syms[(int) obj->oclass].name;
        break;
    case P_BOW:
        if (is_ammo(obj))
            descr = "arrow";
        break;
    case P_CROSSBOW:
        if (is_ammo(obj))
            descr = "bolt";
        break;
    case P_FLAIL:
        if (obj->otyp == GRAPPLING_HOOK)
            descr = "hook";
        break;
    case P_PICK_AXE:
        /* even if "dwarvish mattock" hasn't been discovered yet */
        if (obj->otyp == DWARVISH_MATTOCK)
            descr = "mattock";
        break;
    default:
        break;
    }
    return makesingular(descr);
}

/*
 *      hitval returns an integer representing the "to hit" bonuses