i don't know if there is a technical difference in efficiency, but there is a difference in use. at least before 0.40, using [; $1 $2( was the only way to achieve a settable send. there is also a cosmetic aspect: if you want to collect some initial values together at some place, it is much nicer to have only one message box, where all values can be stored instead of having a
[loadbang] | [13] | [s value] construction for each value. this: [loadbang] |__________________ |; / |value 34 | |somevalue 127 | |othervalue 57 | |yoyo 1___________\ looks much nicer and is easier to edit, isn't it? roman On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 12:36 -0400, marius schebella wrote: > Hey, > when I look through miller's tutorial patches, I often find ";-messages" > instead of a send object like: > [;detune $1( > vs > [s detune] > I wonder why, is there a significant difference? is one more efficient > then the other (if yes, I always thought send is more efficient..?). > this is not urgent, I can sleep without an answer! just curious. > marius. > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list ___________________________________________________________ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
