[PD-dev] strings

[padawan12]

Thanks Hans and IOhan, I think Bryans offering covers most 
of what is needed, adequate to muddle by until such time when we
have real strings.

Andy


On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:41:03 -0500
Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:

> 
> You can do a fair amount of string handling with [list2symbol] and  
> things like that.  But yes, it leaves a lot to be desired.  Bryan  
> Jurish has taken a different approach, which is to use lists of bytes  
> to represent strings.  Might be worth checking out.
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Dec 15, 2006, at 2:06 AM, padawan12 wrote:
> 
> > A new and keen developer on the forums has asked - "What about text  
> > processing
> > in Pd?" to which I replied "Pd doesn't do strings".
> > I tie myself in knots trying string-like operations sometimes :),  
> > so I know
> > its a can of worms, but what are the fundamental limitations  
> > surrounding symbol.
> > How do we deal with EOL or NULL and so on, and what about encoding?  
> > Did I hear
> > a rumour that better string handling is chalked in for Pd soon? An  
> > alphanumeric
> > sort, maybe even a [grep] or [sed]? What would be the best way to  
> > introduce the
> > concept of strings to Pd in a consistent and robust way. I see them  
> > as lists of
> > symbols without any need for a new type but right now there are  
> > pieces of the
> > jigsaw missing. Sorry so many questions, but it's bugging me today.
> > a.
> >
> >
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