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

[Stephen Sinclair]

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:13 AM, IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig at iem.at> wrote:
> IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
>> IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
>>> #define STRING_ATOMID=666
>>
>> and while we are at it: i hereby want to claim the atomID "75" for
>> FTMobjects [1].
>> please do not use this atomID, if you are not wrapping FTMobjects within
>> such atom.
>
> additionally, i want to claim atomID "77" for FTMstrings (which are part
> of ftm, but since i have never used them before, i plainly forgot about
> them; i also cannot answer any questions on how they actually work and
> whether they might be compatible with mrpeach's strings)

also, i'd just like to add, that i think the 666 atomID should be
reserved for 'evil' data.  It could be useful in the future for
optimized implementations of evil processing routines.

thanks,
Steve