[PD] Question on RTC

[Mike McGonagle]

Thanks, Frank. I kind of figured that this was to mimic the Max version.


Mike McG

On 4/16/07, Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> wrote:
> Hallo,
> Mike McGonagle hat gesagt: // Mike McGonagle wrote:
>
> > I was working with some of the RTC stuff over the weekend and I had a
> > question about the abstraction 'xrandom'. While I understand that you
> > were probably basing this on the 'xrandom' from the Max version of
> > this, I would think that as is, 'xrandom' is a little different from
> > similar objects.
> >
> > As this is based on the 'urne' abstraction, and it seems to follow the
> > same premise as the 'textfile' and 'qlist' objects, I would think that
> > 'xrandom' would do this as well.
> >
> > Basically, the difference that I see is that each of these other
> > objects ('urne', 'textfile', etc.), all produce an output on the left
> > as long as there is more to output, and bangs on the right outlet
> > after the list is done, and does NOT output anything on the right.
> >
> > 'xrandom', on the other hand, DOES produce an output on the LEFT at
> > the same time it is outputting a bang on the right to indicate that
> > the list of objects is complete.
>
> This is true, however the bang on the right outlet is sent before the
> new number is sent to the left outlet (right-to-left ordering as in
> [trigger float bang]. I based [xrandom] on the RTC-Max object, where
> every bang will produce a number without any breaks in between.
>
> > So, is what I am describing better done using other means? Is
> > 'xrandom' expected to be used as a "bang as much as you want" type of
> > abstraction? Is this behaviour based on the RTC/Max version?
>
> Yes, it's that kind of object in the Max version of RTC:
>
>   Outputs random numbers <int> that are never repeated unless all
>   numbers have been generated (series-principle).
>
> The right outlet's bang is more a convenience outlet, not like the one
> in [textfile].
>
> If you don't what the new value directly after all number have been
> generated, you should probably use [urne] directly where you just send
> [clear( from the right outlet, but no bang automatically.
>
> Ciao
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