>What is wrong with [my_selector(--[list]--[$1(
for instance, [42(--[list]--[$1( will give 42 not float, similarly [symbol crabs(--[list]--[$1( will give crabs not symbol Also it seems reasonable to just have 1 object box for querying a selector, which is a main element of the pd message environment. >> On the other hand, having $0 represent the selector would be the most >> consistent solution, because you can not get other patch-local variables or arguments in message boxes, [...] >I don't understand what the word "solution" means here. If users have repeatedly requested msg box $0 to expand to glist's ce_dollarzero, why would Pd Vanilla give $0 in msg boxes a different function that is incompatible with object box $0? here "solution" means a good way to resolve $0 in message boxes.. I don't think what users request is necessarily the end all of reasons to implement a feature in a language.. and again, the reason that $0 would be different in object boxes and message boxes is because everything else already is different in object and message boxes
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