Hi, i mean message boxes. i think there is the misunderstanding. you dont send $1 as a message, too. not as message nor creation argument. its an expanded string inside an object or when it leaves a messagebox. georg
IOhannes m zmoelnig schrieb: > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 11:08:05PM +0100, Georg Werner wrote: >> hi, >> >> can somebody explain why there is a "3rd rule of $-expansion: 'there is >> no $0 in message-boxes'". >> i stumble every now and then about it and it is IMHO not >> self-explanatory. it is not hard to implement and wouldn't make problems >> with existing patches - because $0 is never used in messages. and would >> make things easier not only for beginners. > > please explain what "$0 in messages" would mean to you. > (note that i say "message" not "message-box" here). > > if a message is just a context-free .. message, then it cannot have a notion > of $0. > a message-box is just a way to write down a message. > > mga.sdr > IOhannes > > >> just my 2 cents. > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
