[PD-dev] representing parent patch levels as args
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at eds.org
Mon Dec 8 23:59:49 CET 2008
On Dec 8, 2008, at 12:21 PM, Claude Heiland-Allen wrote:
> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> So I am just adding support to canvas_name and window_name for
>> getting the names from other canvases besides the current one,
>> i.e. parent, toplevel, etc.
>
> OK.
>
>> I am using the now standard numeric notation that is used in
>> [getdir], iemguts, getdollarzero, etc.
>
> Care to give a brief description of that for those that don't
> know? I'd be interested in adding something similar to pdlua, so
> that .pd_lua(x) files can access the path(s) of their containing
> patch(es), would make sense to have the same numbers.
0 = current patch
1 = parent
2 = parent's parent
etc.
One question I have is about the behavior when you specific more
levels than exist. Like [canvas_name 999999]. Should that be an
error, warning? Should it give the toplevel? nothing? I am guessing
it should give the toplevel, with a warning.
>> What I am wondering is whether it is worth it to add symbol
>> versions of those names too, like "parent" and "toplevel".
>
> this sounds useful at first, but if it's only two cases then maybe
> it's not worth the hassle...
Those are the two that will be most commonly used, IMHO, so it could
be worth using.
>> Or perhaps it would also be useful to be able to stick the name
>> of a canvas there too, like 'pd-mysubpatch' or 'pd-canvas_name-
>> help.pd'.
>
> Err, why would that be useful if the object is to get the name in
> the first place (and also, what happens if there are 42 copies of
> canvas_name-help.pd open...?)
Currently you get "warning: pd-canvas_name-help.pd: multiply defined"
and they all return the first instance of canvas_name-help.pd. That
seems appropriate to me.
>> What are people's thoughts on making that part of the standard
>> technique of looking up these kinds of things?
>
> I think often numbers are nicer than names (eg, I'd hate to have to
> type "greatgreatgreatgrandparent" instead of 5 or whatever it would
> be).
Agreed, I think a limited set of names, like "parent", "toplevel" and
maybe "current" just to make things explicit. I forgot I had already
implemented this, except for the "parent" and "toplevel" part:
http://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pure-data/trunk/externals/
hcs/canvas_name.c?view=log
http://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pure-data/trunk/externals/
hcs/window_name.c?view=log
.hc
>
>
> Claude
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