COMPILE_OBJECT(4)

NAME
compile_object - serves as the mudlib interface for the virtual 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.