To return the number of child objects directly below an object:
- children(object)
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+ children(object)
+
+Message passing
+---------------
+
+To a class:
+
+ class.remaining()
+ class.create()
+ class.destroy(object)
+ class.recreate(object)
+ class.copy(to_object,from_object)
+
+To an object:
+
+ object.property(a1,a2, ... a7)
+
+To a routine:
+
+ routine.call(a1,a2, ... a7)
+
+To a string:
+
+ string.print()
+ string.print_to_array(array)
+
+Statements
+----------
+
+Each *statement* is terminated by a semi-colon ";".
+
+A *statement_block* is a single *statement* or a series of
+*statements* enclosed in braces {...}.
+
+An exclamation "!" starts a comment - rest of line ignored.
+
+A common statement is the assignment:
+
+ variable = expr ;
+
+There are two forms of multiple assignment:
+
+ variable = variable = ... = expr ;
+ variable = expr, variable = expr, ... ;
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