[PD] makefilename-bug (was: number to symbol)

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

s.koepf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> 
>  > [...]
>  >
>  > or - if you prefer built-ins like me- use [makefilename %c]
>  >
> 
> I mentioned this before but maybe it was the wrong thread, anyway I'm 
> still interested what happens on other systems with this:
> 
> [123]
> |
> [makefilename %c]
> |
> [symbol]
> 
> Here (0.38.3 and 0.39.0, on XP) it freezes the patch. This happens only 
> with 123 and the connection to [symbol].

hi

your patch does not freeze anything on my machine, but this is only 
because [symbol] denotes (in my world) and object called "symbol".
what you mean is rather a symbol-box (Ctrl-4), which could be 
represented better (imho) by [symbol\

now why?
the solution is pretty simple: pd does a very bad job when it comes to 
escaping special characters. "{" and "}" are such special characters (in 
tcl world); this is why they are banned from normal user-input.
however, 123 is the ascii value of "{", and by using [symbol\ you are 
sending this special symbol to the pd-gui (tcl/tk!); now tcl uses "{" 
for starting a list and WAITS for "}" to end the list.
if you manage to send "}" (ascii 125) to the pd-gui, pd will unfreeze 
and everything is fine again.

example:

[123, 125(
|
[makefilename %c]
|
[symbol\



mf.ar.
IOhannes