[PD] Multi dimensional [list]
Martin Peach
martin.peach at sympatico.ca
Tue Jan 2 22:59:44 CET 2007
Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Patco wrote:
>
>> I've done something like that for storing parameters in arrays, but
>> like matthieux bouchard said for matrixes, the length of the 'listed
>> list' is fixed.
>
> the main thing missing in my nested list plan is a name for the atomt
> type. it can't really be A_LIST because of this correspondence
>
> atomtype -> selector
> A_FLOAT float
> A_SYMBOL symbol
> A_POINTER pointer
>
> but A_LIST can't work because the name "list" is already taken for a
> type of non-atom message. (an atom message is one carries exactly one
> atom which is always supposed to be of the type indicated by the
> selector)
>
A list is just a bunch of atoms laid out contiguously in memory: I
guess that makes it a molecular message? ;) What about extending the
pointer type so that it can point to any kind of atom, including a list
of atoms?
Martin
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