DUMP_VARIABLE(2) SYSTEM CALLS DUMP_VARIABLE(2) NAME dump_variable - "returns a text representation of its argu- ment, regardless of type SYNOPSIS varargs string dump_variable(mixed arg, int indent); DESCRIPTION This efun returns a text representation of the value of arg, as follows: If arg is: dump_variable returns: ========== ================================================== an object "(" + object's-file-name + ") a string " an int "#" + arg (in text form, of course) a pointer "ARRAY", followed by an indented dump_variable of each element in the array. a mapping "MAPPING", followed by an indented dump_variable list of each key/item pair in the mapping. AUTHOR Ichabod@TMI, 1/27/93 MudOS Release 0.9 Last change: 3-19-93