--- deliantra/server/common/living.C	2010/04/30 11:25:48	1.121
+++ deliantra/server/common/living.C	2010/04/30 21:00:39	1.122
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@
  * flag is what to do if the player doesn't have the skill:
  */
 static void
-add_player_exp (object *op, sint64 exp, const char *skill_name, int flag)
+add_player_exp (object *op, sint64 exp, shstr_tmp skill_name, int flag)
 {
   object *skill_obj;
   sint64 limit, exp_to_add;
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@
  * a postive number.
  */
 static void
-subtract_player_exp (object *op, sint64 exp, const char *skill, int flag)
+subtract_player_exp (object *op, sint64 exp, shstr_tmp skill, int flag)
 {
   float fraction = (float) exp / (float) op->stats.exp;
   object *tmp;
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@
   for (tmp = op->inv; tmp; tmp = tmp->below)
     if (tmp->type == SKILL && tmp->stats.exp)
       {
-        if (flag == SK_SUBTRACT_SKILL_EXP && skill && !strcmp (&tmp->skill, skill))
+        if (flag == SK_SUBTRACT_SKILL_EXP && skill && tmp->skill == skill)
           {
             del_exp = check_exp_loss (tmp, exp);
             tmp->stats.exp -= del_exp;
@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@
             /* only want to process other skills if we are not trying
              * to match a specific skill.
              */
-            del_exp = check_exp_loss (tmp, (sint64) (tmp->stats.exp * fraction));
+            del_exp = check_exp_loss (tmp, tmp->stats.exp * fraction);
             tmp->stats.exp -= del_exp;
             player_lvl_adj (op, tmp);
           }
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@
  * these last two values are only used for players.
  */
 void
-change_exp (object *op, sint64 exp, const char *skill_name, int flag)
+change_exp (object *op, sint64 exp, shstr_tmp skill_name, int flag)
 {
 #ifdef EXP_DEBUG
   LOG (llevDebug, "change_exp() called for %s, exp = %" PRId64 "\n", query_name (op), exp);