/datum proc

When the thing's been deleted.

When the thing's been made.

This is called when a /datum is read from a /savefile. The /savefile being read from is passed as the first argument. The return value is ignored.

Example:

//create a demonstrator datum type
/datum/test
  var/test_var = 1

  //define our demonstrator Read() proc
  Read(savefile/F)
    src.test_var = 2

//create an instance of /savefile and our /datum/test
var/savefile/my_savefile = new()
var/datum/test/T = new()

//store the test datum in the savefile
my_savefile["test"] = T

//read the test datum from the savefile. This calls /datum/test/Read()
var/datum/test/T2 = my_savefile["test"]

//test_var is now 2, because Read() was called
ASSERT(T2.test_var == 2)

This one is a lot more involved and I can't write a one liner as an example! Whoops.

When the thing's been writen.