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ALIAS OBJECT TYPE
NAME: alias
SHORTCUT: ln
DESCRIPTION
A pointer to another object.
Normal path-name references will refere to the aliased object.
To refer to the alias itself, add an * at the end of the path-name.
This is neeed, for example, to set the value of the alias.
The value of the alias is merely the path-name of the
referenced object.
CHILDREN
None
MESSAGES
The alias will reflect the mesages of the object to which
it points.
The alias itself can receive the following message:
resolve - Check to see if the object referenced exists.
Sets it to true or false.
EXAMPLE
a [can] :
s [string] : a string
i [integer] : 13
ln [alias] : a.s
on_load [script] :
show a.ln
show a.ln*
put 'a.i' into a.ln*
put 7 into a.ln
show a.ln
SEE ALSO
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