[PD-dev] "int argc" giving weird values

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

On 3/3/21 12:12 PM, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
> Em qua., 3 de mar. de 2021 às 07:26, IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at>
> escreveu:
> 
>> what's that `t_pd*dummy` supposed to do in the argument list of `del_new`?
>>
> 
> no idea, I was trying to copy the structure from x_list.c, it was killing
> me that it works that but I'm obviously missing something.

well, "list" is a very special symbol in Pd.
that's why it requires special handling when using it as an object-name.
hence the "t_pd*dummy" hack in x_list.c

(btw, that's also the reason why zexy's  [l] object (aka [lister]) has 
such a stupid (long) name - i just couldn't make it work in a sane way 
with the proper name "list". a good thing this is now, that Pd has a 
[list] object which is slightly incompatible).


> It seems that's not what I have to do either. I copied the structure from
> x_array.c now and it just doesn't have any t_pd*dummy - other than me ;)

[array] is not a special symbol. that's why it is a working template for 
any such code.

> funny that it was all working just fine, it was when I tried to add "flags"
> and parse them that things got weird...

i doubt it (that is: iff you also had any arguments)
having that extra "t_pd*" argument shifts the argument-list by 4 bytes, 
making the values invalid.

usually this gets caught by the compiler.
however, since the constructor-functions arguments are established at 
run-time (as opposed to compile-time), the code of Pd and friends is 
full of function-casting, which very efficiently hides such problems.

gmsard
IOhannes


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