From the NannyMUD documentation

LAST CHANGE

2000-12-11

FUNCTION

NAME
        this_player - give the current player


SYNTAX
	object this_player()

DESCRIPTION
	Gives the currently active player. This can be both an interactive
	player and an npc in the game. this_player is the object that gets
	all writes and is affected by add_action.


SEE ALSO
        this_interactive in efun/object_related/this_interactive


SEE ALSO
        write in efun/object_related/write


SEE ALSO
        add_action in efun/object_related/add_action


SEE ALSO
        move_object in efun/object_related/move_object