diff --git a/src/objnam.c b/src/objnam.c
index 0992fb518..bb876dfd8 100644
--- a/src/objnam.c
+++ b/src/objnam.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	objnam.c	$NHDT-Date: 1561081353 2019/06/21 01:42:33 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.244 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	objnam.c	$NHDT-Date: 1562186589 2019/07/03 20:43:09 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.245 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2011. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -1838,6 +1838,30 @@ struct obj *obj;
     return s;
 }
 
+#if 0 /* stalled-out work in progress */
+/* Doname2() for itemized buying of 'obj' from a shop */
+char *
+payDoname(obj)
+struct obj *obj;
+{
+    static const char and_contents[] = " and its contents";
+    char *p = doname(obj);
+
+    if (Is_container(obj) && !obj->cknown) {
+        if (obj->unpaid) {
+            if ((int) strlen(p) + sizeof and_contents - 1 < BUFSZ - PREFIX)
+                Strcat(p, and_contents);
+            *p = highc(*p);
+        } else {
+            p = strprepend(p, "Contents of ");
+        }
+    } else {
+        *p = highc(*p);
+    }
+    return p;
+}
+#endif /*0*/
+
 /* returns "[your ]xname(obj)" or "Foobar's xname(obj)" or "the xname(obj)" */
 char *
 yname(obj)