[PD] deleting data structures

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

http://at.or.at/hans/solitude

I posted this composition that I did using the data structures to this  
list a while back.  I definitely enjoyed the process and am going to  
develop my sequencer program further once I find the time...

.hc

On Oct 2, 2005, at 6:05 PM, david golightly wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I'm trying to teach myself how to use the data structure feature in  
> 0.38-3 - it seems this feature is still very much under development -  
> is there a way to dynamically delete structures, to "un-append" them  
> from a list?  I want data structures to appear alongside sound-events,  
> then expire as the events pass on.
>
> BTW, I find that the inconsistent terminology used in the  
> documentation to describe data structures makes it quite baffling to  
> the neophyte, as terms like "list" (a list of scalars) confuse with a  
> normal pd list of atoms (floats, symbols etc.) and they're treated  
> quite differently.  Also, the documentation hasn't been updated to  
> reflect changes in the features (templates, obsolete by 0.38, are  
> still referred to in the docs, for instance) - I would be more than  
> willing to work with whomever has taken on such things to see to it  
> that the documentation gets proofread and checked for consistency with  
> each release - I've had no problem learning most of the rest of PD but  
> these data structures are something different altogether.  Or does  
> anyone else out there know of any better/revised documentation?  Do  
> many people find the data structures useful?  I think the idea has a  
> lot of potential but hasn't yet been worked out in all its details.   
> I'm interested in seeing this happen.
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>
>
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