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RhostMUSH Arguments

RhostMUSH Arguments

Section titled “RhostMUSH Arguments”

What the arguments of RhostMUSH’s forms of lattr() and list() do. Each form is used only while its option is on; see compatibility config.

lattr() with rhost_lattr

Section titled “lattr() with rhost_lattr”

lattr(<object>[/<pattern>][, <target>[, <type>[, <flags>[, <regexp>[, <tree>]]]]])

  • <target> is a player whose view to list: only the attributes they may see are named. It is used only when you control that player; otherwise the list is your own view. The names are always separated by a space.
  • <type> narrows or summarises the list by its first character: $ keeps attributes holding a $-command and ^ those holding a ^-listen pattern; & keeps attributes with every attribute flag whose letter is in <flags>, and | those with any of them; l answers the number of names and of pages; a number answers that page (243 names a page, as on a default RhostMUSH); ~<start>-<count> answers <count> names from the <start>th; > and < answer the alphabetically last or first name. + lists RhostMUSH’s lock attributes, which SharpMUSH does not have, so it answers nothing; see llocks().
  • <regexp>, when nonzero, makes <pattern> a regular expression.
  • <tree>, when nonzero, makes * stop at a backtick, as SharpMUSH and PennMUSH match attribute trees. RhostMUSH has no attribute trees, so without it * also matches a backtick and lattr(<object>) names every attribute, branches’ leaves included.

list() with rhost_list

Section titled “list() with rhost_list”

list(<list>, <eval>[, <delimiter>][, <header>][, <target>])

  • <delimiter> separates the elements; it is a space when left out or empty.
  • <header>, when it is not empty, is evaluated once and told before the first result.
  • <target> sends the header and the results to another object instead of the enactor. It is used only when the enactor controls it. A target the enactor does not control, or a name that matches nothing, is ignored without a word, and the lines go to the enactor.
  • An empty list tells nothing, not even the header. A result that is empty is not told.
  • ibreak() stops the loop after the line it is in is told.