[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Bugs-1415589 ] Sending a list to [select] can leave it in an unusable state

Frank Barknecht fbar at footils.org
Thu Jan 26 20:57:39 CET 2006


Hallo,
IOhannes m zmoelnig hat gesagt: // IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> well, actually it behaves like a lot of (native!) objects with a cold inlet.
> when sending a [list x y( to [select x] you will re-set the selector to 
> "y"; it is the same as sending a "y" to the right inlet and then an x to 
> the left inlet.

Ah, I should have tested to send a "symbol y" afterwards, which works
as expected - or rather, as I didn't expect. ;)

> however, i agree that this should be documented somewhere or turned off.
> (i tend towards the latter as it makes symbol comparision more inline 
> with [==])

Actually I now think, it should stay as it is, however this case
should be added to the documentation. It can be a helpful shortcut
when patching.

Ciao
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 Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__




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