Storing a unique reference to a mob in a list EDIT:

ID:145367
 
Apr 5 2006, 3:35 pm (Edited on Apr 5 2006, 4:34 pm)
Code:
m << "[botname] says, \"[r]\""
if(!("\ref[m]" in lasttext))
    lasttext+="\ref[m]"
    world << "Ping"
    for(var/k in lasttext) world << k
lasttext["\ref[m]"]=r


Problem description:
"\ref[m]" doesn't seem to get put into the list. Is there any reason why I can't do this? Is there any other way someone can come up with where I can store a unique reference to a mob in a list?

EDIT: I have now resolved this issue by creating a datum containing the data I wished to store in the associative list and creating a list of those datums.