> From: Frank Barknecht <f...@footils.org> > > [1] Actually the $-variables 1,2,3,... in message boxes and those in > object boxes aren't that different, because the contents of object > boxes also are messages to Pd's objectmaker and they are used > explicitely as messages when doing dynamic patching. >
Yes, this is the case -- and probably one of the more elegant parts of Pd -- but I still think this has less to do with Pd as an expressive language and more to do with how it's implemented. Even so, I think that a message box is not a message, any more than a message to objectmaker is an object; either way the $ values mean something different in each context -- in the messages to objectmaker they ultimately function more like environment variables or script arguments, where in message boxes they're a little more like substitution placeholders in something like a macro or a sed command. I think the current $0 meaning is consistent with this interpretation. I think my argument might be somewhat different if dynamic patching were fully supported with an official API - a huge step would be the ability to destroy individual objects with messages (can you?)... Matt _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
