How about further expanding trigger to tolerate a->s by simply taking
the very first argument if the first argument is not type descriptor?
See attached.
e.g.
[foo<
|
[t s]
|
[print]
would output foo.
foo bar->outputs foo
bar foo->outputs bar
--- x_connective.c.orig 2013-02-28 13:31:10.011297224 -0500
+++ x_connective.c 2013-02-28 13:33:08.110292915 -0500
@@ -977,6 +977,9 @@
t_triggerout *x_vec;
} t_trigger;
+// forward declaration
+static void trigger_symbol(t_trigger *x, t_symbol *s);
+
static void *trigger_new(t_symbol *s, int argc, t_atom *argv)
{
t_trigger *x = (t_trigger *)pd_new(trigger_class);
@@ -1100,8 +1103,8 @@
else if (u->u_type == TR_STATIC_SYMBOL)
{
outlet_symbol(u->u_outlet, &u->u_sym);
- }
- else pd_error(x, "trigger: can only convert 'a' to 'b' or 'a'");
+ }
+ else trigger_symbol(x, s);
}
}
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