I don't know how easy/difficult an implementation of new variable names would be. I would give most priority to any kind of $0 feature in messages. and then the next step for me would be to differentiate between $-variables (in messages) and # or ? or @ variables in patches. that way you would not break backwards compatibility, and a #0 or ?0 or @0 in a message or an object would behave like the old $0 var in objects. additionally the $1-$10 types could still be used in objects to be able to load old patches. but instead you could also use #1-#10 or ?1-?10 or @[EMAIL PROTECTED] that would make less confusion and you could also easily use #, ?, @ in messages...
the object attributes mentioned below appear in flext externals and are very useful. very! marius. Matteo Sisti Sette wrote: > marius schebella wrote > >> why not use # as in max? @ is already used to access object attributes. >> marius. > > # may be a good option, but: > > 1) It would not be as in max, it would be viceversa (max uses # for creation > arguments and $ for message arguments) > > 2) I guess it may imply some implementation difficulties, since in the patch > file $'s are actually saved as #'s > > (indeed there's even a bug that if you open a slider/toggle's properties and > it has a property with some $'s inside its name other than at the beginning, > they will show as #, although they work properly) > > > I didn't know about object attributes in PD. I will search and learn about > them before I ask anything :) > > bye > m. > > > > -- > Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: http://www.email.it/f > > Sponsor: > Hai bisogno di contanti per realizzare i tuoi desideri? Prometeo ti propone > prestiti da 1.500 a 31.000 Euro! Clicca qui per un preventivo immediato. > Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=6916&d=17-8 > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list