From c72d4d2134b73d8b444b89c646457461af1fc94f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cloud Wu <cloudwu@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:15:38 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] support string address name, see #883

---
 service/debug_console.lua | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/service/debug_console.lua b/service/debug_console.lua
index ab1af39f..7ec47453 100644
--- a/service/debug_console.lua
+++ b/service/debug_console.lua
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ function COMMAND.service()
 end
 
 local function adjust_address(address)
-	if address:sub(1,1) ~= ":" then
+	local prefix = address:sub(1,1)
+	if prefix == '.' then
+		return assert(skynet.localname(address), "Not a valid name")
+	elseif prefix ~= ':' then
 		address = assert(tonumber("0x" .. address), "Need an address") | (skynet.harbor(skynet.self()) << 24)
 	end
 	return address