[PD-dev] nameclashes

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Mon Nov 8 22:58:58 CET 2004


On Nov 8, 2004, at 4:25 PM, Thomas Grill wrote:

>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>
>>> So are we in agreement that the directory-based namespace is the way  
>>> to
>>> go, as long as the *-help.pd patch problems are fixed?
>> right. and imitate that namespace for libraries.
>
> Yes i am. Uh, sorry, i hope _we_ are.
>
>> but what about objects that include "/"
>> (it is not the most uncommon character i can think of)
>
> i think one must have really bad luck if that object is named like a
> folder/object combination.... then it's a case of need for user
> communication ;-)

I would have to strongly agree with that.  Also, does anyone know of  
any existing objects that have a "/" in the name?

.hc

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