<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">>From:</span></b> Simon Wise <simonzwise@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">>To:</span></b> pd-list@iem.at <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">>Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 14, 2013 4:37 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">>Subject:</span></b> Re: [PD] Fwd:
right angle connections<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>>On 14/06/13 16:15, michael noble wrote:<br>>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic<<a ymailto="mailto:ico@vt.edu" href="mailto:ico@vt.edu">ico@vt.edu</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> While I agree with you that in most cases segmented patch cords are<br>>>> unnecessary, if you never have a need for them I presume you must be then<br>>>> using sends and receives for any situation where there is a feedback loop<br>>>> like:<br>>>><br>>>> [object] x [object]<br>>>><br>>><br>>> Good point, I had a sneaking suspicion I was missing something. White space<br>>> helps here, but this is is the one case where I reluctantly tolerate some<br>>> obscuring the text.<br><br>>leaving the lines crossed this way also makes the construct instantly recognisable.<br><br>>I
find that with the addition of an occasional [t a] object and a few <br>>send-return pairs when they give a clearer logical layout (plus putting <br>>appropriate logically related sections of the code in subpatches) makes a patch <br>>very readable, while tracing out segmented cords in big patches in other <br>>languages gets tiresome.<br><br>If segmented cords existed, morality would not suddenly go out the window.<br>You would still have subpatches and send/receive pairs to organize your patch.<br>Replacing your occassional [t a] object with a right angle cord isn't going to<br>make a patch harder to read.<br><br>>Its all really a matter of taste ... it has come up many many times over the <br>>years, and nobody who could implement them seems to want segmented cords enough <br>>to actually do the work.<br><br>Segmented lines with straight and Bezier segments were implemented by majtu in<br>Desire Data.<br><br>-Jonathan<br></div>
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