[PD] definitions of data types
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at eds.org
Mon Feb 6 21:01:38 CET 2006
On Feb 6, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Martin Peach wrote:
> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
>> Here are some attempts at definitions:
>>
>> list: a series of 2 or more elements whose first element is either
>> the selector "list", or a float, which causes the "list" selector to
>> be implied. A 0-element list is a bang, a 1-element list is either
>> a float or a symbol, are there any exceptions where a 0- or
>> 1-element lists actually exists? I suppose only in a message box.
>>
> ...
>
>> selector series: a series of 2 or more elements whose first element
>> is neither the selector "list" nor a numeric element. But it needs
>> a better term.
>>
> I would call that an implicit list, and to be consistent with the way
> float works, it should have list prepended to it by pd and otherwise
> become indistinguishable from list.
But its not a list because objects that deal with lists say so. "list"
is a keyword in Pd, so we need to define these things using other
words. Try this to see what I mean:
[one 2 three four(
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