<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Technically it seems to be this: they output in reverse creation order. (The last [receive] you created in the patch will output first.)<br></span></div><div><br></div><div>Conceptually, imagine an evil demon changing the order in real-time to screw up your patch. Thwart the demon by using wired connections, trigger, and subpatches to define order. Only use multiple [receive]s when message order doesn't matter. (Same with multiple wires fanning out to various objects from an outlet.)</div><div><br></div><div>-Jonathan<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ludwig Maes <ludwig.maes@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Pd List <pd-list@iem.at><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 3, 2011 5:16 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [PD] pd message order?<br></font><br><div id="yiv501572611">so standard objects have right to left ordering of outlet processing, but what about send and receive for messages? if multiple objects receive for the same name, which one gets it first? is there a triggerlike object for messages, or should I send multiple messages each with a differentiated tag like s bla1, s bla2, s s bla3 even when I send the same message?<br>
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