diff --git a/std/thing/util.c b/std/thing/util.c
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+// MorgenGrauen MUDlib
+//
+// thing/util.c -- Utilities
+//
+// $Id: util.c 6366 2007-07-15 21:06:24Z Zesstra $
+
+#define NEED_PROTOTYPES
+#include "/sys/thing/util.h"
+#include "/sys/thing/properties.h"
+
+#pragma strict_types
+#pragma save_types
+#pragma range_check
+#pragma no_clone
+#pragma pedantic
+
+public void ShowPropList(string *props) 
+{
+  int i,j;
+
+  j=sizeof(props);
+
+  for ( i=0; i<j ; i++) 
+  {
+    write("*"+props[i]+": ");
+    PrettyDump(QueryProp(props[i]));
+    write("\n");
+  }
+}
+
+static void PrettyDump(mixed x) 
+{
+  if (pointerp(x)) 
+  {
+    DumpArray(x);
+  }
+  else if (mappingp(x))
+  {
+    DumpMapping(x);
+  }
+  else if (objectp(x)) 
+  {
+    write ("OBJ("+object_name(x)+")");
+  }
+  else if (stringp(x))
+  {
+    write("\""+x+"\"");
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    write (x);
+  }
+}
+
+static void DumpArray(mixed *x) 
+{
+  int i,j;
+
+  write ("({ ");
+  if ( (j=sizeof(x))>0 )
+  {
+    for ( i=0 ; i<(j-1) ; i++) 
+    {
+      PrettyDump(x[i]);
+      write(", ");
+    }
+    PrettyDump(x[i]);
+    write(" ");
+  }
+  write ("})");
+}
+
+static void DumpMapping(mapping x)
+{
+  int   i, c, s;
+  mixed *ind;
+
+  write("([ ");
+
+  if ( (c=sizeof(ind=m_indices(x)))<1 )
+  {
+    write(" ])");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  s=get_type_info(x,1);
+
+  DumpKeyValPair(x, ind[0], s);
+  for ( i=1 ; i<c ; i++ )
+  {
+    write(", ");
+    DumpKeyValPair(x, ind[i], s);
+  }
+  write(" ])");
+}
+
+// Lacht nicht ueber den Namen!!! -Boing
+// Nein, ueber den Namen lache ich nicht ... -Paracelsus
+static void DumpKeyValPair(mapping x, mixed key, int size)
+{ int j, vc;
+
+  PrettyDump(key);
+  write(" : ");
+  PrettyDump(x[key,0]);
+
+  for ( j=1; j<size; j++)
+  {
+    write("; ");
+    PrettyDump(x[key, j]);
+  }
+}