[PD] difference send and using msg with ";"

Thomas Grill gr at grrrr.org
Thu Aug 16 19:20:05 CEST 2007


True - i could never understand why this isn't the case. But i  
remember that there have been related discussions on the list months  
or years ago
greetings, Thomas

Am 16.08.2007 um 19:10 schrieb marius schebella:

> it is a pity that there is no $0 in messages. that would help so much!
> most of the time I use local send/receive like s $0-blabla. with
> messages you always have to mess with workaounds to achieve the  
> same result.
> marius.
>
>
> Roman Haefeli wrote:
>> i don't know if there is a technical difference in efficiency, but  
>> there
>> is a difference in use. at least before 0.40, using [; $1 $2( was the
>> only way to achieve a settable send.
>> there is also a cosmetic aspect: if you want to collect some initial
>> values together at some place, it is much nicer to have only one  
>> message
>> box, where all values can be stored instead of having a
>>
>> [loadbang]
>> |
>> [13]
>> |
>> [s value]
>>
>> construction for each value.
>>
>> this:
>>
>> [loadbang]
>> |__________________
>> |;                /
>> |value 34         |
>> |somevalue 127    |
>> |othervalue 57    |
>> |yoyo 1___________\
>>
>> looks much nicer and is easier to edit, isn't it?
>>
>> roman
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 12:36 -0400, marius schebella wrote:
>>> Hey,
>>> when I look through miller's tutorial patches, I often find ";- 
>>> messages"
>>> instead of a send object like:
>>> [;detune $1(
>>> vs
>>> [s detune]
>>> I wonder why, is there a significant difference? is one more  
>>> efficient
>>> then the other (if yes, I always thought send is more efficient..?).
>>> this is not urgent, I can sleep without an answer! just curious.
>>> marius.
>>>
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