[PD] self-modifying abstractions

[pix]

hi there,

because there is no real documentation on this 'hack' i thought i'd query
the pd-list hive-mind first:

regarding the self modifying patches (sending messages to pd-blah.pd etc),
is it possible for an abstraction to reference itself somehow? what is the
name of the object that you send the messages to?

my real query is, can an abstraction 'reconfigure itself' based on a
parameter supplied at creation time?

pix.