what about using a new symbol altogether for message boxes to pass creation
arguments and $0 value?
maybe @0. @1, etc???
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On 9/10/2014 2:21 PM, Miller Puckette wrote:
This leads to an interesting point - '$0' might recently have become more
important than it was before because of the multiple-libpd-instances features
in 0.46 - any libpd patch wanting to support multiple instances will need
some $0-ish
Yes I agree the two ideas may coexist. But I also think that if the two were
to coexist, $0 in message boxes would pale in comparison in terms of usability.
Hub/node: make a hub on a canvas. Now every node you create on that canvas or
subcanvas belongs to that hub. If you need more than one,
On 9/11/2014 1:05 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
Yes I agree the two ideas may coexist. But I also think that if the
two were to coexist, $0 in message boxes would pale in comparison in
terms of usability.
Hub/node: make a hub on a canvas. Now every node you create on that
canvas or subcanvas
On Sep 10, 2014 1:17 AM, Chris McCormick ch...@mccormick.cx wrote:
Hi Ivica,
On 10/09/14 04:19, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
Yet, I wonder why message shouldn't be able to pre-parse $0 into a valid
dollarzero (canvas instance), when there will never be a message one
Thoughts?
There has
What about for instance arrays that should maintain scope inside a specific
abstraction so that you can have multiple independent abstractions? $0 is
very useful IMHO and is also necessary to stay due to backwards
compatibility concerns. Therefore, I think the discussion should be limited
to a
I can add nothing of substance to this argument, but agree fully with
Ivica. In many years, I have yet to hear a convincing argument why $0
cannot be recognized as the unique canvas identifier inside a message
box. On the plus side, it would eliminate a great deal of cruft hanging
off of
On 09/10/2014 02:21 PM, Miller Puckette wrote:
This leads to an interesting point - '$0' might recently have become more
important than it was before because of the multiple-libpd-instances features
in 0.46 - any libpd patch wanting to support multiple instances will need
some $0-ish
