[PD] consolidate backward- and MaxMSP compatibility in Cyclone (was: Purpose of Cyclone)

[Dan Wilcox]

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> On Dec 23, 2015, at 4:01 AM, katja <katjavetter at gmail.com <mailto:katjavetter at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Recall cyclone/count~ which used to make Pd crash when receiving the
> 'set' message. Everyone learned to not send it that message. Now that
> the bug is fixed people may start using the set message, causing
> spurious crashes for those who use the patch with an old cyclone
> version. Oddly, the crasher bug fix may lead to a temporary increase
> of crash incidents. The remedy is simple for everyone; upgrade to the
> latest cyclone.

That’s an interesting point.

In that case, I’d make an abstraction wrapper around [count~] that filtered out the set message and printed something about it (aka “upgrade perhaps? :)". Add that to the repo for the older version, although there is no guarantee what version people would have.

Thankfully, deken should help make a transition like this easier.

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Dan Wilcox
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