Could this be a possible solution to the problem of allowing client-side access to builder-created lists for setting src? For instance, if I wanted a cast spell, with the src set in var/list/spells, that wouldn't work, because the client program doesn't have access to the vars... but if we could do something like this:

obj/spellbook/verb/cast
set src in statpanel("Spells")

than the verb would only be accessible if the obj in question appears in a statpanel named "Spells". I'm guessing that the client would be able to check this, since it does display the statpanels.

Aside from streamlining some cumbersome systems in my own game, this could prove the solution to Water's animal problem and quite a few others that I've seen.