On 2015-07-19 07:46 PM, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: > On 07/19/2015 10:52 AM, Fred Jan Kraan wrote: >> >> Some time ago I ran into probably the same issue; how to load an >> array/table at load time, while said array/table is not guaranteed to >> have loaded yet. From within an object there is nothing like a loadbang >> AFAIK. I ended up setting a timer for one second (clock_new()) and load >> the array/timer when it finishes. > > hmm, i wouldn't recommend that. > having an external initialize itself after some arbitrary time is prone > to hard-to-find errors. most likely the user doesn't know that something > special is happening after 1000ms. > they also might schedule their own initialization to happen "long enough > after startup" (e.g. 1000ms), which will then somehow conflict.
I consider it a hack, not a proper solution. I mentioned it hoping to get some clue on how to fix it properly here ;-). > > if you cannot use the table "as is" (and in [partconv~] you cannot), i > think the object should use an (internal) loadbang for initialization. > if the table is not ready at that time, the user should do a proper > initialization on the patch side (after all, they are the only ones who > can know when all required initialisation has taken place - and they can > only know if the object don't break the process by doing it "somewhat > later". "internal loadbang" sounds about right. I will try to find out how [loadbang] does its magic. If it cannot be made to work, the table name probably shouldn't be an argument to partconv~. > > >> But the good news is that just preventing partconv~ to crash shouldn't >> be too difficult. > > cool, and should be fixed. There is already a patch ready for this that seems to work and doesn't look too ugly. > > gfmdsar > IOhannes Greetings, Fred Jan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list