.. efun:: object this_player(void)

  Return the current command giver. This can be an interactive user or another living object (like an npc).

  If called from inside the :applied:`heart_beat` of a non-living object, 0 will be returned.

  .. usage::

    ::

      if (this_player() != this_interactive())
         write("Hey, somebody must have forced us to do a
         command!\n");

  .. seealso:: :efun:`this_object`, :efun:`previous_object`, :efun:`interactive`, :efun:`living`