[PD] feature request for [list]

[Roman Haefeli]

hi all

more and more i realize that i can do most basic things in pd without 
externals. before all, the introduction of [list] made many objs of 
externals, that i used a lot, obsolete. one (in my eyes) basic task remains 
uncovered by list: splitting symbols into lists (e.g. separated by a 
separator-char). it would be very nice, if this could be done in future 
versions of pd.
i really like the idea to be independent from externals as far as it is 
possible, mainly for reasons of portability. even if i could reach the same 
with less code, i'd prefer the solution built with only natives. are there 
good reasons against this idea?

roman