Function ParseActorHeader

src/scripting/decorate/thingdef_parse.cpp:1044–1146

========================================================================== Starts a new actor definition ==========================================================================

//
//==========================================================================
static PClassActor *ParseActorHeader(FScanner &sc, Baggage *bag)
{
	FName replaceName = NAME_None;
	bool native = false;
	int DoomEdNum = -1;

	// Get actor name
	sc.MustGetString();
	
	char *colon = strchr(sc.String, ':');
	if (colon != NULL)
	{
		*colon++ = 0;
	}

	FName typeName = sc.String;

	// Do some tweaking so that a definition like 'Actor:Parent' which is read as a single token is recognized as well
	// without having resort to C-mode (which disallows periods in actor names.)
	if (colon == NULL)
	{
		sc.MustGetString ();
		if (sc.String[0]==':')
		{
			colon = sc.String + 1;
		}
	}
		
	if (colon != NULL)
	{
		if (colon[0] == 0)
		{
			sc.MustGetString ();
			colon = sc.String;
		}
	}

	if (colon == NULL)
	{
		sc.UnGet();
	}

	FName parentName = colon;

	// Check for "replaces"
	if (sc.CheckString ("replaces"))
	{
		// Get actor name
		sc.MustGetString ();
		replaceName = sc.String;

		if (replaceName == typeName)
		{
			sc.ScriptMessage ("Cannot replace class %s with itself", typeName.GetChars());
			FScriptPosition::ErrorCounter++;
		}
	}