@mpi

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Revision as of 05:51, 26 April 2007

The @mpi command is useful for testing bits of MPI without having to implement them on something. If can be particularly useful for quickly testing syntax and making sure all yours :'s ,'s and {}'s are in place. To use the command, simply type:
@mpi {some MPI

The muck will automatically attempt to interpret your MPI string at this point, and return the results or an error.

Setting Targets

A lot of MPI doesn't specify where something is and assumes this, me, or here. The result of this is needing to specify a location when using @mpi for testing. The same sort of issue occurs if your code is using {&cmd} or {&arg}. Examples of this are:

The individual MPI Functions do a good job of explaining which you can set a target with.