
> Section 7 - new
>
> new(obj|path)
>
> object obj;
> string path;
>
> new() returns an object pointer to a new instance of object obj,
> or a new instance of the object referred to by the string path. It returns
> 0 on failure. It is functionally equivalent to clone_object(7).
>
> See Also: @clone(4), @compile(4), clone_object(7), compile_object(7)

