Instance Creation

ID:140520
 
Dec 7 2009, 6:09 am
Code:
obj/Characters
 Click()
  Pick(usr)
 proc/Pick(mob/New_Player/P)
  var/obj/Characters/O = new src // This is line 53
  P.Selected_Chars += O
 TestCharacter


Problem description:

I continuously get this runtime when clicking something:

proc name: Pick (/obj/Characters/proc/Pick)
source file: Character Selector.dm,53
usr: Vexonater (/mob/New_Player)
src: TestCharacter (/obj/Characters/TestCharacter)
call stack:
TestCharacter (/obj/Characters/TestCharacter): Pick(Vexonater (/mob/New_Player))
TestCharacter (/obj/Characters/TestCharacter): Click("Characters", "infowindow.info", "icon-x=55;icon-y=15;left=1")

To the extent of my knowledge, the issue is that "new src" is not a valid method of going about creating a new instance of src. What should I do instead to get this to work?
Dec 7 2009, 6:38 am
You're passing an object instance where new() expects a type path, so yes, of course it's not valid.
You can access an object's type path through its type var.