[PD] bug in gemlist object?

[Georg Werner]

Hi Doug,

on my winxp machine i dont have any problems neither with the helppatch 
nor with yours. which versions of pd and gem are you using? i use 
0.41.4-extended-20090509 with the included
GEM: ver: 0.91.3 'tigital'
GEM: compiled: Jan 22 2009
best
g.

Doug Taylor schrieb:
> Hi Cyrille -
> 
> Thanks for your feedback on the gemlist object. I tried your
> suggestiojn and I can confirm that it is the gemlist object that
> crashes Pd (in Windoze). Attached is mt patch which you could perhaps
> test in yr Linux environment and see if you have the same problem.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:52 AM, cyrille henry
> <cyrille.henry at la-kitchen.fr> wrote:
>> hello Doug,
>>
>> -i'm using gemlist everyday on linux with no problem. i have no idea why it
>> crash your system.
>>
>> -half of gem help patch wants to destroy gemwin before creating it : it's
>> not a problem.
>>
>> -can you remove the gemlist object befor creating the gemwindow : you could
>> then tel use if it really is gemlist that cause the crash.
>>
>> -gemlist it the good object to look at to create 100s or primitive per
>> frame, but you can also use the repeat object from the zexy library. you can
>> find more info on how to do this in Gem help patch, section 02.advence,
>> patch 19 and 20...
>>
>> -gemlist object work just like the float object, but deal with gemlist
>> instead of float!
>> right and left inlet accept gemlist. left can also accept a bang.
>> a gemlist send on the right inlet is just stored in the object.
>> a gemlist send on the left inlet is sored + send on the outlet.
>> a bang send the stored gemlist to the outlet.
>> in what way is this different from the doc or from the usage?
>>
>> -can you try this patch and tell us if it still crash?
>>
>> cyrille
>>
>>
>> Doug Taylor a écrit :
>>> Hi List -
>>>
>>> This is my first post. I hope I'm not repeating old stuff, but reading
>>> the entire history of the list is a rather daunting prospect, so here
>>> goes. I'm running Pd 0.40.3 on Windoze (because I can't get the
>>> libraries to load on my lovely old G3 PowerPC OSX 10.3.9 box - but
>>> that's a separate issue). I have GEM 0.91.3 (CVS) I'm finding the
>>> documentation on the gemlist object a bit scant, and want to report
>>> that Pd hangs on the help patch for gemlist. The patch is attached.
>>> The first obvious problem is that the patch wants to destroy gemwin
>>> before it creates it. No sweat, change that, then run the patch,
>>> destroy gemwin, run it again and Pd hangs every time. I can only
>>> assume it's the gemlist object itself that is buggy, or perhaps the
>>> until object?
>>>
>>> I have the same problem in the patch I am trying to build which must
>>> dynamically generate hundreds of circle objects. I am having quite a
>>> bit of trouble achieving this, but I'm sure it's just because I'm a
>>> newbie to Pd. I am very impressed with what I have seen so far. Thanks
>>> to all the developers for a really wonderful tool! Can anyone help
>>> with above problem? I'd also appreciate some pointers on how to
>>> dynamically generate hundreds, even thousands, of geos per frame - is
>>> the gemlist object the answer to this problem? I'm not entirely clear
>>> on how it works. The documentation doesn't seem to agree with the
>>> usage - specifically, what does the cold inlet do?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>> Doogli
>>>
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