[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Bugs-1525788 ] [namecanvas $1] crashes Pd when addressed by parent

[Jamie Bullock]

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:11:29 +0200
Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> wrote:

> Hallo,
> SourceForge.net hat gesagt: // SourceForge.net wrote:
> 
> > If an abstraction containing [namecanvas $1] is
> > instantiated with a first argument e.g. foo, and the
> > message [;foo msg bar( is sent from the parent, Pd crashes.
> 
> Okay, Pd shouldn't crash, but the message you send is not correctly
> formatted. You forgot to add coordinates: Your message should look
> like this:  [;foo 10 20 msg bar(
> 
> Pd doesn't crash with this message.
> 

Actually, your message isn't formatted correctly either; it should be [;foo msg 10 20  bar( :-/

But of course Pd shouldn't crash, but it turns out that the crashing is due to the incorrectly formatted message, and not the use of $ variables in [namecanvas]. I'll change the bug report.

Jamie