[PD-dev] loadbang order

[Tim Blechmann]

> > i'm currently thinking about an elegant way to get rid of the
> > problem of ordering loadbangs.
> > 
> > from what i understand, at the moment, there is only the following
> > order of loadbangs:
> > abstractions, subpatches, canvas.
> 
> Hm, is this "specified" somewhere? Or is it just "the way it
> is" currently, similar to the way, two connections of a message outlet
> are currently handled by creation order, however by specification the
> order there is undefined?
are you referring to a language specification ;-)

> My practical view to loadbang ordering is simple: The only elegant way
> to solve the problem is triggers. They make the ordering explicit and
> printable.
well, this only works as long as you are the maker of all loadbangs.
when you start to distribute a collection of abstractions (don't you
;-), you can't be sure any more that your user's loadbang occurs after 
your loadbang. basically ANY abstraction that should be reusable by
others can't use loadbangs/loadbang-based externals.

cheers ... tim

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