[PD-dev] Re: is namecanvas obsolete or not?

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Miller Puckette hat gesagt: // Miller Puckette wrote:

> Right, I'm rofgetting, the "pd $0-x" ends up naming the canvas "pd-$0-x"
> which is hard to generate as a symbol.  

True, but it's possible, however then we have the other problem:
Sending to this target only works with either a set-able send or
message sends like: [; $1 $2 $3 $4 ...( where $1 is created to be
"pd-$0-x". The problem is: The argument count must be known in
advance, which is not always possible in dynamic patching.
  
A solution could be $* in messages. Or, heresy!, let $0 work if it's
not at the start of a symbol.

Ciao
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 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__