Extracted from Pike v7.8 release 866 at 2016-11-06.
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Method _prev()


Method _prev

mixed _prev(mixed x)

Description

Find the previous object/array/mapping/multiset or program.

All objects, arrays, mappings, multisets and programs are stored in linked lists inside Pike. This function returns the previous item on the corresponding list. It is mainly meant for debugging the Pike runtime, but can also be used to control memory usage.

Note

Unlike _next() this function does not work on strings.

See also

next_object() , _next()