[PD-dev] [initbang]: any use?

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I just realized that this is going to be quite useful.  I tried in  
the past to make a Pd object with a dynamic number of inlets, and  
started to make some crazy system where I would start out with 20  
outlets, then delete all but the number that were needed.

I'll try it with [initbang] now.

FYI: I added the patch to Pd-extended, so you can try it out on  
upcoming auto-builds.

.hc

On Aug 21, 2006, at 12:07 PM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> hi.
>
> i just submitted a patch against the 0.40-prerelease that adds a  
> new object [initbang], which can be used to trigger a constructor  
> in an abstraction.
>
> this allows to have abstractions with runtime customizable  
> constructors, especially variable inlets/outlets.
> ([loadbang] is a bit too late for such things, as it only gets  
> called when the parent of an abstraction is already finished (and  
> connections have been abandoned))
>
> i think this is another important step on making abstractions  
> objects of full age.
>
> any thoughts?
>
> what is still missing is the possibility for an abstraction to do  
> something before it is destroyed.
>
> mfg.asdr
> IOhannes
>
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