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+SYNOPSIS:
+        object this_object(void)
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+        Return the object pointer for this object. This is not to be
+        confused with the internal name of an object, which is used by
+        the id() function.
+
+SEE ALSO:
+        this_player(E), previous_object(E), object_name(E), find_object(E)