SYNOPSIS
        string save_value (mixed value)

DESCRIPTION
        Encode the <value> into a string suitable for restoration with
        restore_value() and return it.

        The created string consists of two lines, each terminated with
        a newline character: the first line describes the format used to
        save the value in the '#x:y' notation; the second line is the
        representation of the value itself.

        The format of the encoded value and of the format line matches
        the format used by save_object() and restore_object().

HISTORY
        Introduced in LDMud 3.2.8.
        LDMud 3.2.9 added the saving of non-lambda closures, symbols,
        and quoted arrays, using a new savefile format version.

SEE ALSO
        restore_value(E), restore_object(E), save_object(E)