; docformat = 'rst'

;+
; This class is used to inherit from in IDL versions before 8.0, allowing 
; operator overloaded classes to still compile on earlier versions (though not 
; to offer operator overloading, of course). For IDL versions 8.0 or later, 
; the internal IDL provided `IDL_Object` class should be found before this 
; class.
;-


;+
; Free resources.
;-
pro idl_object::cleanup
  compile_opt strictarr
  
end


;+
; Create IDL_Object object.
;
; :Returns:
;    1 for success, 0 for failure
;-
function idl_object::init
  compile_opt strictarr
  
  return, 1
end


;+
; Define instance variables.
;
; :Fields:
;    _$idl_object_dummy
;       no instance variables are needed, but one is required so this
;       dummy field is created
;-
pro idl_object__define
  compile_opt strictarr

  define = { IDL_Object, _$idl_object_dummy: 0B }
end