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Here's my $0-cents worth. This is an eternal struggle in the
world'o'comp sci. We need to wrap our heads around the fact that 0
is the 1st number in any kind of data container, whether it be value
or ordinal position. Yet, as humans we prefer 1 to be that first
number, reserving 0 as the special case value. So, you could make
the case either way arguing for consistency, intuitiveness, aliens,
whatever. Another consideration within the pd* ecosystem is that it
is 0-centric, meaning things tend to start with $0 (patch instance)
before they get to $1. Then again, $1 refers to the first arg, so
you could argue it may be inconsistent... etc. etc. etc.<br>
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On the practical side, renaming inlets would mean going through
every last help file and ensuring it has been updated accordingly,
otherwise you would be just adding to more confusion as newcomers
learn that some help files refer to the first inlet as 0 and others
as 1...<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/17/2016 11:49 AM, Esteban Viveros
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<div dir="ltr">Hi,
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<div>I'm with Porres in Cyclone maintenance working on revision
of some Help patches.</div>
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<div>The question is: Why count inlets and outlets from zero if
Pd user have to call inlets and outlets from $1 $2 $3... ? For
help patch user don't be more convenient enumerate inlets and
outlets starting at number 1?</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
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