& PARENT OBJECTS
 
  Topic: PARENT OBJECTS
 
  Parent objects provide a way for several objects to inherit common
  attributes, exits, and $-commands from a single object, so that changing
  the parent object affects all of its children.  When searching for
  attributes or exits, first the object itself is checked, then the parent
  is checked only if the object does not have what was searched for.
 
  Any attribute the parent object has will be passed down to its children,
  if they don't already have one. For instance, if the child object has no
  description, it will inherit the description of its parent.
 
  Any exits the parent object has will show up in the exit list of the
  child, and may be used as normal exits.
 
  The parent is searched for $-commands as well as the child, and only
  attributes that are unique to the parent are checked, so that conflicting
  attribute names are skipped.  If both have an attribute named "cmd1",
  only the child's "cmd1" attributes is checked for a $-command.
 
{ 'help parent2' for more }

& PARENT2 
 
  Topic: PARENT OBJECTS (continued)
 
  A parent object may itself have a parent, up to a configurable limit
  (usually 10 levels).  The parent need not be the same type as its children,
  and flags and locks are not inherited from parent objects.  You may not
  create parent loops.
 
  See also: @parent, parent()