Abolish MAXDIE in favor of maximum_deaths.

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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The principal maintainers of this code are Eric S. Raymond and Jason
 Ninneman.  Eric received Don Woods's encouragement to update and ship
 the game; Jason signed on early in the process to help. The assistance
 of Peje Nilsson in restructuring some particularly grotty gotos is
 Ninneman.  Eric received Don Woods's encouragement to update and ship
 the game; Jason signed on early in the process to help. The assistance
 of Peje Nilsson in restructuring some particularly grotty gotos is

-gratefully acknowledged.
+gratefully acknowledged. Petr Voropaev contributed fuzz testing.

 
 == Nomenclature ==
 
 
 == Nomenclature ==
 


@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ necessarily pretty ugly by modern standards. Encryption and
 checksumming have been discarded - it's pointless to try
 tamper-proofing saves when everyone has the source code.
 
 checksumming have been discarded - it's pointless to try
 tamper-proofing saves when everyone has the source code.
 

+A -r command-line been added. When it is given (with a file
+path argument) it is functionally equivalent to RESTORE command.
+

 == Translation ==
 
 The 2.5 code was a mechanical C translation of a FORTRAN original.
 == Translation ==
 
 The 2.5 code was a mechanical C translation of a FORTRAN original.


@@ -114,9 +117,10 @@ ways:
   and the choice to refrain will make forward translation into future
   languages easier.
 
   and the choice to refrain will make forward translation into future
   languages easier.
 

-* There are a few gotos left that resist restructuring; all of these
+* There are a few gotos left that resist restructuring; all but of these

   are in the principal command interpreter function implementing its
   are in the principal command interpreter function implementing its

-  state machine.
+  state machine. the remaining one is a truly mysterious artficat in
+  the player-movement code.

 
 * Linked lists (for objects at a location) are implemented using an array
   of link indices. This is a surviving FORTRANism that is quite unlike
 
 * Linked lists (for objects at a location) are implemented using an array
   of link indices. This is a surviving FORTRANism that is quite unlike