[PD] dynamic object creation

[IOhannes zmoelnig]

Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999 wrote:
> Hello all,
hi!

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> Anyhow see any reasons why this would not be a good idea?

because it would take you to hell.
the main problem is (as i see it) that you really do not know when to 
trigger the loadbang: immediately after its creation ? (this would be 
the same as it is now, since you would have no chance to connect 
anything to the [loadbang] and so the trigger would be void).
after you connected something to the [loadbang] ??? why ? actually the 
[loadbang] does not know about anything connected, so who will have to 
keep the track ? what if you want to connect more than one objects to 
the loadbang ? (yes, i know of the [t b b], but maybe not all of you use 
it all the time)
after the patch is finished ???? in true dynamic patch-creation, who 
knows ? if you are just dynamically loading abstractions with nested 
[loadbang]s, the problem of not being able to connect the abstraction's 
outlet to something before the loadbang fires reappears...

the major difference between dynamic patch-creation and loading a patch 
is, that, when loading (from a file) you know your parent patch before 
you have to initiate the child, while on dynamic creation the parent you 
are in "edit"-mode, so your parent is not finished yet (normally, of 
course, it can be done, but who knows ?)

i have done quite a lot of dynamic patches, and i have dearly wished the 
loadbang to work inside dynamically loaded abstractions.
on having a closer thought i just didn't find a way of doing it properly.

so the easiest thing is, to add an "init"-inlet to your abstraction and 
trigger it from outside.

mfg.ds.dr
IOhannes

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> Ben
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> B. Bogart
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