2009/8/28 Mathieu Bouchard <ma...@artengine.ca> > On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, András Murányi wrote: > > So for me to understand, we have them both because we don't have Number2 >> by >> default with Vanilla, did i understand right? >> > > Number2 ([nbx]) is in vanilla since 2001 or so. > > Number2 exists because it comes from an external library that was merged > into vanilla back then. > > Number1 still exists because Number2 isn't backwards-compatible with > Number1 and so can't actually replace it. Number2 couldn't be made > backwards-compatible anymore because it was already used by those who > started pd with -lib iemgui. > > Actually, a special constructor could have been made for that case, similar > to how [hradio] and [vradio] also exist as [hdl] and [vdl], but there's also > a big mismatch of options between Number1 and Number2, such that it isn't > really easy to merge Number1 and Number2 without making a more complicated > whole with even more options.
Thanks a lot for the explanation! At the end, do we need them both in the Put menu...? Andras
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