compile_object(4)        Driver Applies         compile_object(4)

NAME
     compile_object - serves as the mudlib interface for the vir-
     tual object facility

SYNOPSIS
     object compile_object( string pathname );

DESCRIPTION
     The driver calls compile_object(3) 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.

MudOS                Last change: 5 Sep 1994                    1