dollar signs and subpatches (was Re: [PD] Local "variable" names question + messages)

[Thomas Grill]

>         I'm always surprised whenever I try to create a subpatch (not
> abstraction) with dollar-signs and arguments and it doesn't work. Is there
> a reason that dollar-sign creation variables don't work with subpatches?

I don't know what's the philosophy behind that, but it's just the same in
Max/MSP.
A subpatcher gets the same arguments as it's parent abstraction.
I'd also like to have arguments for subpatchers, though... among many other
things....

greetings,
T