[PD] $ expansion

[Maurizio Umberto Puxeddu]

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, CK wrote:

> I read:
> > I'm puzzled because I only get the first dollar expanded while the second
> > is considered as literal. For example I get things like
>
> from m_atom.c:
>
> > /* convert an atom into a string, in the reverse sense of binbuf_text (q.v.)
> > * special attention is paid to symbols containing the special characters
> > * ';', ',', '$', and '\'; these are quoted with a preceding '\', except that
> > * the '$' only gets quoted at the beginning of the string.
> > */

Ok, I was trying to use PD without looking at the internals... thanks.

Is there a rationale for that? Like conflict with other features, backward
compatibility with Max?

Maurizio Umberto Puxeddu.