[PD] dealing with arguments and inlets

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Mathieu Bouchard hat gesagt: // Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> There are "atom messages" which is any message that has the "list"
> selector and one argument, or anything that can be cast to/from it. This
> includes messages with "float" "symbol" "pointer" selectors.
> 
> There are "listlike messages" which may be any message that has the "list"
> selector or can be cast to/from it. This includes atom messages and the
> bang message.
> 
> The rest may be called "nonlistlike messages" and everything together may 
> be called "messages".
> 
> Your "non-symbol-symbol" could be called "nonlistlike messages without 
> arguments" (or "messages without arguments" in order to include bang), but 
> it wouldn't have that Alice-in-Wonderland sound that "non-symbol-symbol" 
> has.

But "Alice in Wonderland" is what I'm aiming for! ;)

Nevertheless I think, the nomenclature you suggest sounds very
reasonable. 

Ciao
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