SYNOPSIS mixed restore_value (string str) DESCRIPTION Decode the string representation of a value back into the value itself and return it. is a string as generated by save_value(), the '#x:y' specification of the saveformat however is optional. HISTORY Introduced in LDMud 3.2.8. LDMud 3.2.9 added the restoring of non-lambda closures, symbols, and quoted arrays, using a new savefile format version. SEE ALSO save_value(E), restore_object(E), save_object(E)