[PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release

[Martin Peach]

I've attached the reasoning behind my string patch, probably there is a 
  lot wrong with it.

But I can't see how to do this kind of thing otherwise without modifying Pd.

Martin


Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> I don't know the details, but I believe it was just choosing an  
> unused number to represent the type.  Then also not using a keyword.   
> Ultimately, there could be something like /etc/services where we can  
> register these numbers.  Or maybe they could just be included in the  
> Pd headers.
> 
> http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2008-04/011257.html
> 
> .hc
> 
> On May 8, 2008, at 10:33 PM, Martin Peach wrote:
> 
>> Could someone point me to IOhannes' technique? If it makes sense  
>> I'll give it a go during the next week.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org>
>>> To: pd-dev List <pd-dev at iem.at>
>>> Subject: [PD-dev] removing string types from pd-extended release
>>> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 20:44:09 +0200
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> We talked about this in the recent past.  Could someone who knows the
>>> details remove the declarations of the string type from branches/pd-
>>> extended/0.40?  Or shall I just remove the whole patch?  I want to
>>> include string support, but using the technique that IOhannes laid
>>> out, which should be possible without patching Pd (AFAIK).
>>>
>>> .hc
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