[PD-dev] [once] default closed...

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

> I actually think that default closed would be more consistent behavior, 
> especially if [once] uses an argument.  Changing [once] to 

i cannot follow you here: what makes [once] consistent if it was closed 
by default?
while the object should be consistent to other objects (and i don't 
think it is inconsistent), it should be consistent to itself in the 
first place. (e.g.: making an empty object [Symbol] output 0 if you bang 
it (after instantiation without arguments), might be consistent to [f] 
and [t f], but somehow i have the feeling it should do symbols...;-))

> default-closed would make it exactly like [spigot], except with the 
> added feature of closing itself after receiving one piece of data.

i follow frank here: if this object was "exactly like [spigot]" then you 
should use [spigot].
if there is a need for your suggested hybrid between [spigot] and 
[once], then this object should be, but with a different name.

> The more objects behave consistently with each other, the better Pd will 
> be.

but the more objects will behave as expected, the even better Pd will be.
consistency is really a lot about "how do i expect an object to behave"

imho, the biggest inconsistency for [once] is, that you can reset it at all.


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IOhannes