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> On Thursday, July 16, 2020, 6:58:40 PM EDT, Sebastian Lexer <s.lexer@incalcando.com> wrote:
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<div>> Hi,<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">> Getting desperate after spending hours to locate the error "inlet: expected 'signal' but got ‘bang’” I am getting from a fairly huge project, running in pd 0.49 on a raspberry pi.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">> The only object I am aware of being able to produce an error like this is the [inlet~]. After checking all subpatches I have not found any [inlet~] that has any non-signal patch cords connected.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">> Is anyone here aware of any other objects that might produce the above error message? The 'last error' feature does unfortunately not give a result or clue.<div class="ydp5cff620eyiv9153452406yqt7321950477" id="ydp5cff620eyiv9153452406yqtfd17634"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">"inlet" is actually a bit of an implementation detail here. "inlet" is it's own little class that handles messages on behalf of ancillary <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">inlets of a given object. The error should probably say "inlet of x" where x is the class name for the object that owns the inlet.<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">At least in Purr Data[1], each error has a hyperlink which will focus the appropriate canvas with the relevant object highlighted. So <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">the vague error message is less problematic (though I just added an issue for it anyway[2])<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It's not discoverable in Pd Vanilla, but you should be able to do the same thing like this:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">1. click <shift> (or maybe it's <ctrl>, I can't remember. The correct one will get you a weird-looking cursor)</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">2. now armed with your weird-looking cursor, <span>click on that vague error message</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">3. the object which caused the error should now be highlighted</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Best,<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jonathan<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">1. <a href="https://agraef.github.io/purr-data-intro/Purr-Data-Intro.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://agraef.github.io/purr-data-intro/Purr-Data-Intro.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">2. <a href="https://git.purrdata.net/jwilkes/purr-data/-/issues/661" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://git.purrdata.net/jwilkes/purr-data/-/issues/661</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>> Thanks,</div><br clear="none">> Sebastian </div><div class="ydp5cff620eyiv9153452406yqt7321950477" id="ydp5cff620eyiv9153452406yqtfd31592">
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