<HEAD> <TITLE> compile_object - serves as the mudlib interface for the virtual object facility </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND=http://www.imaginary.com/~beek/gifs/bg.jpg TEXT=#000000 ALINK=#FFFF00 VLINK=#550000 LINK=#000099> <center> <H1> compile_object - serves as the mudlib interface for the virtual object facility </H1> </center>
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<b> object compile_object( string pathname ); </b>
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The driver calls compile_object in the event that the mudlib instructs
the driver to load a file that does not exist. For example, the driver
will call compile_object("/obj/file.r") in master if the mudlib calls
call_other("/obj/file.r", "some_function") or new("/obj/file.r")
and /obj/file.r.c names a file that does not exist. The compile_object()
function is expected to return 0 if the mudlib does not wish to
associate an object with the file name "/obj/file.r". If the mudlib
does wish to associate an object with the filename "/obj/file.r", then
the mudlib should return the object it wishes associated. After an
association is made between an object and a filename, then it will be
as if the file, file.r.c, did exist (to the driver) and when loaded produced
the object that compile_object() returned.
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<HR> <ADDRESS> <A HREF=http://wagner.princeton.edu/~tim> Tim Hollebeek </A> <p> <A HREF="http://www.imaginary.com/~beek/"> Beek </A>@ZorkMUD, Lima Bean, IdeaExchange, TMI-2, and elsewhere </ADDRESS>