[PD-dev] Re: symbol tables

[Krzysztof Czaja]

Tim Blechmann wrote:
...
> still, there is one problem ... what happens, if a symbol is sent
> through an outlet, is used somewhere else in the patch and the parent
> canvas with the specific $0 symbol table is deleted ... the symbol
> pointer would point into nowhere :-( ... will have to think about this

Tim, Mathieu,

this is not just a minor implementation detail.  You are
talking about introducing a completely different semantics for
$0-symbols.  Global symbol atoms, as they are defined currently,
are immutable entities.  Any Pd object may transparently store
them, retrieve, etc.

Krzysztof