[PD-dev] loadbang order

[Tim Blechmann]

hi miller, hi devs ...

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 10:28:58 -0700
Miller Puckette <mpuckett at man104-1.ucsd.edu> wrote:

> Loadbangs are "depth first", i.e., loadbangs in abstractions (and
> subpatches in general) go off before loadbangs in the parent.  This is
> so that abstactions can initialize themselves before receiving
> messages coming from other loadbangs.
> 
> Two loadbangs in the same canvas (window), or in canvases neither of
> which is  a parent of the other, might go off in either order.


having a look at the html documentation again ...

>   2.6.2. persistence of data
> Among the design principles of Pd is that patches should be printable,
> in the sense that the appearance of a patch should fully determine its
> functionality.    
does anyone have a proposal, how to fit the loadbang problem to this
design principal?

cheers ... tim

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