---- CODE

c_mob = class.create { }
c_mob_db = class.create { class = c_mob, inherits = { c_storage }, interface = { load = "newmob" } }
mdb = c_mob_db:new()
dofile("test.txt")
print(debuglib.trace_variable(mdb.data))

---- TEST.TXT

newmob
{
	id = "mob_1",
	friends = 
	{
		"mob_2",
		newmob
		{
			id = "mob_3"
		}
	}
}

---- OUTPUT
{
  mob_1 = 
  {
    id = "mob_1"
    friends = 
    {
      1 = "mob_2"
      2 = "mob_3"
    }
  }
  mob_3 = 
  {
    id = "mob_3"
  }
}