Maybe this is a good time to propose a *native* dictionary or dict-style functionality. Maybe it comes down to a special mode for [text] etc? There is a symbol name map in the rjlib but I'd also like something more flexible.
> On Feb 9, 2026, at 9:15 AM, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay <[email protected]> > wrote: > > we do tap on one of these in flucoma, so if I do a fluid.dictionary it’ll be > this that I use indeed. I just try to keep maintenance of codebase to > minimum, and dependencies to null. > > p > >> On 8 Feb 2026, at 20:53, Dan Wilcox <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Unless the usage is very basic, I think plain vanilla as a requirement does >> not make sense for this. There are numerous C and C++ libraries which handle >> the basics and should be leveraged instead of reading bytes with [file] or >> something similar. Best of all, many of these libraries are only 1-2 files, >> so making a light wrapper external with minimal requirements for compilation >> should not be huge issue IMO. >> >>> On Feb 8, 2026, at 8:04 PM, hans w. koch <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> hello pierre alexandre, >>> >>> a while ago i made a parser for .kml files (xml files recorded by bycicle >>> route trackers) for a friend to sonify her tours. >>> its plain vanilla and was a pita to make :-) >>> if thats interesting for you, i can send you a copy of the patch. >>> >>> cheers >>> >>> hans >>> >>>> Am 08.02.2026 um 17:48 schrieb Pierre Alexandre Tremblay >>>> <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>>> did you have a look at the purest_json library, does it help? >>>> I didn’t but I saw it was neither vanilla nor available for all CPUs, so >>>> that won’t be helpful in my case (except if I decide to tackle a >>>> fluid.dictionary external which i don’t want to if I can avoid it) >>>> >>>> hence asking if there was a native version/hack. I’ll look at Alexandre’s >>>> abstraction, that might do the trick. The idea would be to be able to dump >>>> fluid* status (mlp for instance) in text, edit, then load them back. This >>>> has been seen as useful on other platforms, so I’m trying to find a way… >>>> >>>>> BACH library for Pd. >>>> >>>> now, that is a fun challenge ;) I was talking to both Daniele and Andrea >>>> about this in the last year… it would be a fantastic addition obviously >>>> but I don’t envy the person who will do that job >>>> >>>> p >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 8 Feb 2026, at 17:38, João Pais <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> did you have a look at the purest_json library, does it help? >>>>>> Dear all >>>>>> >>>>>> Apart the fact that flucoma releases (and nightles soon) are on deken >>>>>> (hurray!), I am slowly getting back in trying to add the last bit >>>>>> missing to our interface… but the lack of native dictionary style >>>>>> file/data structure is not helping us to keep the structured (json >>>>>> style) states of objects simply yet programmatically editable (like in >>>>>> max and supercollider) >>>>>> >>>>>> here is an example of one of our user’s clever use of the text object >>>>>> despite its limits >>>>>> >>>>>> https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/way-of-modifying-state-of-fluid-robustscale-in-puredata/2717/16 >>>>>> >>>>>> now I know there are “pd structure” magicians on here, and maybe someone >>>>>> has had the idea to create a sort of hack to parse json files, or even >>>>>> general dictionaries of associative key-values? >>>>>> >>>>>> Ideally, I’d be able to access those in the C api… but a temp json file >>>>>> is also possible on the way, we do that with SuperCollider anyway. >>>>>> >>>>>> any pointers (pun intended) welcome >>>>>> >>>>>> p >>>>>> --- >>>>>> [email protected] - the Pure Data mailinglist >>>>>> https://lists.iem.at/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/YWXEUDCIFKZH5ZHUAPXYZSCA6Q2J4OBX/ >>>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] mailing list >>>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.i >>>>> --- >>>>> [email protected] - the Pure Data mailinglist >>>>> https://lists.iem.at/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/QI3VZVQVMYJG7XWAJSAHDBBGY76YH4UM/ >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] mailing list >>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.iem.at/ >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> [email protected] - the Pure Data mailinglist >>>> https://lists.iem.at/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/FDMWVTTF62B3D5JIPJM5Q4KOJVLV2OLM/ >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] mailing list >>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.iem.at/ >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> [email protected] - the Pure Data mailinglist >>> https://lists.iem.at/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/V5ZSSTMQSAG53TNV65MQHHQ6MHE7VU4P/ >>> >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.iem.at/ >> >> -------- >> Dan Wilcox >> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> >> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/> > -------- Dan Wilcox danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
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