[PD] [inlet], [outlet].

Mathieu Bouchard matju at sympatico.ca
Tue May 6 21:44:51 CEST 2003


Wish

 * [inlet] and [outlet] should have numeric argument.

Rationale

Currently, [inlet] and [outlet] objects seem to number themselves
according to their positioning in the canvas (AFAIK). This is a bad thing
because:

  1. Behaviour should not depend on graphical appearance, except when
  otherwise not possible to do so. For example, if several connections
  come out of an outlet, connections are treated in an unspecified order.
  It is considered a bug to rely on that ordering. (Is it? I don't know
  the puredata mindset enough for that)

  2. Each functionality must be accessible by at least one explicitly
  specified behaviour. (i.e. unspecified behaviours do not count as a
  valid way to use a feature)

Does that make sense to anyone?

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