[PD] Data structures, symbol fields and drawsymbol

[Miller Puckette]

Yes, they're there but I've never used them and so they never got
properly debugged.

You can also put lists inside structs too (so you can have a list of arrays of
lists, etc) but this has also never been debugged and crashes Pd when you
try it.

cheers
Miller

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 07:41:35PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> (I'm working on the pd~convention workshop regarding data structures,
> so excpect some more data structure related questions from me the next
> time... ;)
> 
> I'd like to test using symbols as fields in [struct] objects, but I'm
> getting the impression, that this doesn't work or isn't implemented
> yet. At least it's not used in the data-structures example patches. 
> 
> Nevertheless the documentation mentions symbols as a possible scalar
> type to use in structs. 
> 
> I can create a [struct somename symbol s] object just fine. Pd even
> creates a [drawsymbol s] object which I found by guessing its name.
> However when I try to create such a template using 
> 
> [append subpatchname s]
> 
> [append] does not accept a symbol in its first inlet: 
> 
> error: append: no method for 'symbol'
> 
> It also doesn't want a float in this inlet, which is to be expected
> though. In fact, it doesn't accept anything anymore. 
> 
> Am I right to assume, that symbol-fields aren't supported yet? Or am I
> doing something wrong in attached patch?
> 
> Ciao
> -- 
>  Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__

> #N struct typ float x float y symbol s;
> #N canvas 0 0 601 279 10;
> #N canvas 282 404 450 300 typ 0;
> #X obj 126 101 struct typ float x float y symbol s;
> #X obj 125 169 drawsymbol s;
> #X restore 103 138 pd typ;
> #N canvas 519 218 450 300 paint 0;
> #X scalar typ 0 0 symbol \;;
> #X scalar typ 0 0 symbol \;;
> #X scalar typ 0 0 symbol \;;
> #X scalar typ 0 0 symbol \;;
> #X scalar typ 0 0 symbol \;;
> #X restore 102 164 pd paint;
> #X obj 290 157 append typ s;
> #X obj 369 113 pointer;
> #X msg 369 88 traverse pd-paint \, bang;
> #X symbolatom 211 63 10 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X floatatom 341 62 5 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X msg 297 58 bang;
> #X msg 162 64 s;
> #X text 195 23 nothing works :(;
> #X connect 3 0 2 1;
> #X connect 4 0 3 0;
> #X connect 5 0 2 0;
> #X connect 6 0 2 0;
> #X connect 7 0 2 0;
> #X connect 8 0 2 0;