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  1. SYNOPSIS
  2.         int save_ed_setup(object who, int code)
  3.  
  4. DESCRIPTION
  5.         Save individual option settings of the builtin ed, encoded
  6.         into code, for the user denoted by who. These functions are
  7.         located in the master object so that the local gods can decide
  8.         what strategy they want to use. suggestions:
  9.         A setup file for every user.
  10.                 advantages:        transparent to the user
  11.                                 independent of user count
  12.                 disadvantage:        extra file access at ed invocation
  13.         An array in the master object, users are searched by member_array
  14.                 advantage:        easy to implement
  15.                 disadvantage:        performance degradation with high user counts
  16.         An AVL-tree to access users by name
  17.                 advantage:        can fit any need
  18.                 disadvantage:        hard to implement, will need more
  19.                                 overhead on small and medium
  20.                                 installations than it can ever make
  21.                                 good by lg(usercount) complexity
  22.         Dedicated flags in every user object.
  23.                 advantages:        easy to implement
  24.                                 independent of user count
  25.                                 Will also work for nusers w/o file
  26.                                 access privileges.
  27.                 disadvantage:        care has to be taken to avoid
  28.                                 collision with other uses of the flags
  29.                                 in the user object
  30.  
  31. SEE ALSO
  32.         ed(E), retrieve_ed_setup(M), valid_write(M),
  33.         get_ed_buffer_save_file_name(M)
  34.