.\"return the number of references to a data structure .TH refs 3 "5 Sep 1994" MudOS "LPC Library Functions" .SH NAME refs - return the number of references to a data structure .SH SYNOPSIS int refs( mixed data ); .SH DESCRIPTION The number of references to `data' will be returned by refs(). This is useful for deciding whether or not to make a copy of a data structure before returning it. .SH SEE ALSO children(3), inherit_list(3), deep_inherit_list(3), objects(3)