OBJECT
	/obj/lib/datastring

SYNOPSIS
	inherit "/obj/lib/datastring";

        int restore_value( string str, mixed r, int delimiter );
        int save_value( mixed r, string str );

AUTHOR
	Mica@OSB, 23Jun97

DESCRIPTION
	Library for conversion between string <-> LPC datatype, based on
	the string format save_object() uses.

	varargs int restore_value( string str, mixed r, int delimiter );

	 This function converts a string to a LPC datatype.
	 Both str and r have to be passed by reference, delimiter must not
	 be specified, it is used for an internal recursion.
         The function returns 1 on success and 0 on failure.
         The result on success is stored in r, otherweise r is invalid.
         The value of str is destroyed!
         Possible datatypes are arrays, mappings, integers and strings,
         anything else, for example floats will result in a failure.

        int save_value( mixed r, string str );
       
	 This function converts a LPC datatype to a string.
         The string str has to be passed by reference and must be initialized
         to "".
         The fucntion returns 1 on success and 0 on failure.
         The result on success is stored in str, otherwise str is invalid.
         Possible datatypes for conversion are arrays, mappings, integers and
         strings. Anything else results in a failure.