.\"load a copy of an object
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new
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new

.SH Name
.SI 5
new() - load a copy of an object or allocate a new class
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.SH Synopsis
.SI 5
varargs object new( string name, ... );
varargs class new( class name, ... );
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.SH Description
.SP 5 5
If given a string, it behaves like clone_object().  If `name' is a class
type, it creates a new instance of the class type.  Extra arguments are
of the form "member : value", so you can initialise the class.
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.SH Example
.SI 5
class dummy {
    int frog;
    string *womble;
}

class dummy x = new( class dummy, frog : 1, womble : ({ }) );
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.SH See also
.SI 5
clone_object(), destruct(), move_object()
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