On Sat, 10 Nov 2007, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
Why? For example, [list append] will happily append a symbol to a
float, so the "list" part doesn't seem so accurate. Why not just
[append]?
both of list's inlets automatically cast a float or symbol or pointer
message to a list. this behaviour is pd-wide as the default methods for
float and symbol and pointer redirect to the list-method when it exists,
or else to the anything-method.
so, i think that the name "list" is accurate, and if you have a 1-element
message with either a list or float selector, it is accurate to call it a
float message or a list message or both at once. Pd externals are sort of
implicitly expected to not make a distinction, but some externals do make
a distinction anyway.
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