[PD] [PD-announce] the end of type restrictions

[Miller Puckette]

Sure enough... It does not work in Pd.  I checked and it still worked in 
Max/FTS vintage 1993, so it's Pd at fault :)  

M

On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 05:12:31PM -0400, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, Miller Puckette wrote:
> 
> >It's lame, but the idea behind the original design of "pack/unpack"
> >was to have the argument lists look the same.  So, to send a variety
> >of (known-type) data down a send/receive channel or whatnot, one could
> >use "pack tea for 2" and a corresponding "unpack tea for 2".
> 
> error: pack: tea: bad type
> 
> could you please use an example that actually does not cause an error in 
> your own pd?
> 
> There's no way to use "tea" and "for" as being default values in that 
> context.
> 
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