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title: system / inherit_list
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# inherit_list

### NAME

    inherit_list() - get a list of parents of an object

### SYNOPSIS

    string *inherit_list( object obj );

### DESCRIPTION

    Returns  an  array  of  filenames  of  objects  inherited by obj.  Only
    directly inherited files are returned.  E.g.  if  A  inherits  B  which
    inherits C, inherit_list(A) will return an array with B, but not C.

    If no object is supplied, this efun will default to this_object().

### SEE ALSO

    deep_inherit_list(3), inherits(3)

