Format
F << ValF["Path"] << Val
Writes Val to a buffer. If Path is not specified, the current buffer will be used. Otherwise, the buffer at the specified path will be written to. Whenever the current directory is set, writing starts at the beginning of that buffer (replacing any previous contents). For this reason, when the Path parameter is given, the specified buffer is always overwritten.
If Val is an object, a separate directory will be created for the object and the object’s Write proc will be called. In addition to data that may be written by the Write() proc, the type of the object is stored in a buffer called “type”. In the case of turfs, the location of the turf is also recorded so that it can be recreated at the same position. All other objects must be repositioned after the object is recreated (like in the object’s Read() proc).
Single operations that write multiple values (such as saving an object) are handled somewhat specially to avoid two references to the same object creating duplicate entries in the savefile. After the object being referenced is written once, successive references to the same object will be saved simply as references rather than as full objects. If this was not done, two references to the same object would be read back in as two separate objects. This also avoids infinite loops that would result when objects contain references back to themselves.