[PD] select issues
Claude Heiland-Allen
claudiusmaximus at goto10.org
Fri Nov 30 18:09:02 CET 2007
Martin Peach wrote:
> Claude Heiland-Allen wrote:
>> Why doesn't [select 1 2 3 4] have 5 inlets and 5 outlets?
>>
>> Wouldn't break old patches, but could be useful in some circumstances.
>
> Maybe it would make more sense if [select] accepted messages like [set 5 4 3
> 2( on its single inlet and rejected lists. [select]'s current method for
> list handling is just pd's default behaviour when an object has no list
> method of its own.
I disagree: multiple inlets allow different parts to be set
independently, and pd's default behaviour is common among many objects,
which makes it easier to learn once.
Claude
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