[PD-dev] First attempt at "list" object uploaded

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Guenter Geiger hat gesagt: // Guenter Geiger wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> > I meant, that to generate a message "set 42" in front of a float atom
> > one would normally not use [list prepend set] or similar but a simple
> > [set $1( message.
> 
> If there would be a dollar argument that takes a whole list, this
> could be solved very elegantly, like:
> 
> [set $@(
> 
> just builds a message that starts with set and then comes the list.

Well, a float atom just accepts one single argument anyways, so $@ is
not needed in that case. 

Generating arbitrary length "set" messages is possible with [list
prepend set]---[list trim] or [route list]. The $@ however could be
useful if you want to use "send-messages" like for example:
  
  [list with unknown length(
  |
  |           [f $0]
  |           |
  |           [makefilename pd-%d-subpatch]
  |           |
  |           [list $1(
  |           |
  [list prepend]
  |
  [; 
  $1 obj 10 10 myobj $@ (

I don't see a way this can be done except by using something like
[send13] or [sprinkler], however often there are some other ways to
work around a problem like this anyways (e.g. "add2" and "list
serialize").

Ciao
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