Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-07-11 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: I edited it quite a bit. Split it in 5 parts total: the normal types, the messagebox-only types, the pseudo-types, the user-defined normal types, and the user-defined pseudo-types. By pseudo-type I mean something not used in t_atom::a_type. I added

Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-06-28 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
On Fri, 9 May 2008, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: Stephen Sinclair wrote: also, i'd just like to add, that i think the 666 atomID should be reserved for 'evil' data. It could be useful in the future for optimized implementations of evil processing routines. you are right; sorry for the confusion

Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-05-10 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
On May 9, 2008, at 5:27 PM, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: Stephen Sinclair wrote: also, i'd just like to add, that i think the 666 atomID should be reserved for 'evil' data. It could be useful in the future for optimized implementations of evil processing routines. you are right; sorry for

Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-05-09 Thread IOhannes m zmölnig
Martin Peach wrote: I've attached the reasoning behind my string patch, probably there is a lot wrong with it. But I can't see how to do this kind of thing otherwise without modifying Pd. i only proposed to just removed all the selector stuff (string) and use plain atoms (within

Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-05-09 Thread IOhannes m zmölnig
IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: #define STRING_ATOMID=666 and while we are at it: i hereby want to claim the atomID 75 for FTMobjects [1]. please do not use this atomID, if you are not wrapping FTMobjects within such atom. mfasdr IOhannes [1] http://ftm.sf.net/ http://ftm.ircam.fr

Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-05-09 Thread IOhannes m zmölnig
IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: #define STRING_ATOMID=666 and while we are at it: i hereby want to claim the atomID 75 for FTMobjects [1]. please do not use this atomID, if you are not wrapping FTMobjects within such atom. additionally, i want to claim atomID 77 for

Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-05-09 Thread Stephen Sinclair
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:13 AM, IOhannes m zmölnig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: #define STRING_ATOMID=666 and while we are at it: i hereby want to claim the atomID 75 for FTMobjects [1]. please do not use this atomID, if you are not wrapping

Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-05-09 Thread IOhannes m zmölnig
Stephen Sinclair wrote: also, i'd just like to add, that i think the 666 atomID should be reserved for 'evil' data. It could be useful in the future for optimized implementations of evil processing routines. you are right; sorry for the confusion with A_BLOB/A_STRING... time to start a

Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-05-09 Thread Stephen Sinclair
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:27 AM, IOhannes m zmölnig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Sinclair wrote: also, i'd just like to add, that i think the 666 atomID should be reserved for 'evil' data. It could be useful in the future for optimized implementations of evil processing routines. you

Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-05-08 Thread Martin Peach
Could someone point me to IOhannes' technique? If it makes sense I'll give it a go during the next week. Martin From: Hans-Christoph Steiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pd-dev List pd-dev@iem.at Subject: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 20:44:09 +0200

Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-05-08 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
I don't know the details, but I believe it was just choosing an unused number to represent the type. Then also not using a keyword. Ultimately, there could be something like /etc/services where we can register these numbers. Or maybe they could just be included in the Pd headers.

Re: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

2008-05-08 Thread Martin Peach
I've attached the reasoning behind my string patch, probably there is a lot wrong with it. But I can't see how to do this kind of thing otherwise without modifying Pd. Martin Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: I don't know the details, but I believe it was just choosing an unused number to