Method code for $root.add_var()

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  1: arg name, @args;
  2: var tmp, kid;
  3: 
  4: (> .perms(sender()) <);
  5: (> $sys.touch() <);
  6: if (!tostr(name).valid_ident())
  7:     throw(~invident, name + " is not a valid ident.");
  8: (> add_var(name) <);
  9: if ('core in .flags())
 10:     $changelog.log("ADD-VAR: " + this() + "," + name + " by " + sender());
 11: 
 12: // The following code is a kludge as we can't send a default value  
 13: // to the primitive.   
 14: if (args) {
 15:     tmp = tosym("__set_" + tostr(name) + "_" + time());
 16:     catch any {
 17:         add_method([tostr(name) + " = " + toliteral(args[1]) + ";"], tmp);
 18:         .(tmp)();
 19:         if (args.length() > 1 && args[2] == 'inherit) {
 20:             for kid in (.descendants())
 21:                 kid.(tmp)();
 22:         }
 23:         del_method(tmp);
 24:     } with {
 25:         del_method(tmp);
 26:         rethrow(error());
 27:     }
 28: }

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