[PD] pyext .send method

[vincent rioux]

thanks Thomas,
the syntax of the pyext send method is way more clear to me now.
the beta version (0.2.1pre) of pyext is better in that respect both for 
windows and mac.
vincent

Thomas Grill wrote:

>
> Am 27.11.2005 um 19:23 schrieb vincent rioux:
>
>> By the way i am running into problems with the ._send() method of pyext.
>> For example i would like to setup gemwin, to different configurations :
>>
>> [pyx gemwin config]
>> |
>> [r gemwin]
>> |
>> [gemwin]
>>
>> On windows, when i send:
>>
>
>> ._send('gemwin', 'create')
>> i get no method for symbol
>>
>> ._send('gemwin', 'border', 0)
>> i get the same message but it works on macosx...
>>
>> ._send('gemwin', 1)
>> it works
>>
>> sorry, i know sven already helped with that but i really get confused 
>> with this syntax and the terms
>> symbol, list, float from Pd
>> list, tuple, string, numbers of Python
>
>
> yes, this is not too easy, but i think it will be clear once it is 
> understood.
> Let's look at the _outlet method first:
>
> 1) self._outlet(outletnr,arg1,arg2,arg3,.....) will always generate a 
> list message [list arg1 arg2 arg3 ....(
> 2) self._outlet(outletnr,tag,(arg1,arg2,arg3,....) will generate a tag 
> message [tag arg1 arg2 arg3 ....(
>
> the variation of 2)   
> self._outlet(outletnr,'list',(arg1,arg2,arg3,....)) is the same as 1)
>
>
> When there's only one arg, like in self._outlet(outletnr,arg), this 
> arg will be converted to a symbol or a float message dependent on it's 
> type
> E.g.
> self._outlet(outlet,1) will give [float 1(  which is the same as just [1(
> while
> self._outlet(outletnr,'hey') will give [symbol hey(  which is _not_ 
> the same as [hey(  !
>
>
>
> some examples:
>
> ._outlet(1,1,2,3)  will send a message [list 1 2 3(
> ._outlet(1,1) will send a message [float 1(
> ._outlet(1,'a','b','c') will send a message [list a b c(
> ._outlet(1,'a') will send a message [symbol a(
> ._outlet(1,'message',(1,2) ) will send a message [message 1 2(
>
> ._outlet(1,'message',1) will send a message [list message 1(
> ._outlet(1,'message',(1,)) will send a message [message 1(
> - remember, in Python one-element tuples have to be written as 
> (element, )
>
>
> the same applies for the _send method, except there's the receiver 
> symbol replacing outletnr.
> Therefore,
>
> ._send('gemwin','create') will generate a [symbol create( message sent 
> to [r gemwin] , which is not understood
> Instead you will want to use ._send('gemwin','create',()) instead 
> which makes a [create( message
>
> ._send('gemwin','border',0) will generate [list border 0(
> You'd rather use ._send('gemwin','border',(0,))
> The original version works on your OSX installation because you're 
> obviously using an old pyext version there, which doesn't recognize 
> the refined syntax
>
> and lastly,
> ._send('gemwin',1) will generate [float 1( which is just ok.
>
>