actually, it isn't a mess at all, i think. i try to illustrate it with my previous example:
[loadbang] | [$0] |_____________________ |; / |$1-value 34 | |$1-somevalue 127 | |$1-othervalue 57 | |$1-yoyo 1___________\ though, i wouldn't be against dollarzeros in message boxes, as well. roman On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 13:10 -0400, marius schebella wrote: > it is a pity that there is no $0 in messages. that would help so much! > most of the time I use local send/receive like s $0-blabla. with > messages you always have to mess with workaounds to achieve the same result. > marius. > > > Roman Haefeli wrote: > > 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 ___________________________________________________________ Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail: http://mail.yahoo.de
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