[PD] [almost OT] need suggestions for an implementation

[Matteo Sisti Sette]

Frank wrote:

> You could do that with the "textfile" and "pipe" solution as well. The
> order of lines in textfile doesn't matter, if you pipe them to "pipe".

Ohhhhhh, great! I didn't understand your proposed solution, until I had 
another look at the [pipe] help, which I was convinced I knew, and was 
convinced worked another way :$

So, it seems I don't even need any [textfile], just the pipe; and the way it 
"wants" the time to be specified (relative to when you insert the message) 
is just the way I want to specify it.

So, the only problem now (which is a big one indeed) is that the format for 
the messages will be fixed, while I would like to manage arbitrary-length 
messages with variable-type arguments. Not to mention that allowing symbols 
is untested.
This is the first time I have a wish for the pd wishlist that is not "fix 
bug number xxx".

I am thinking about crazy dynamic-patching hacks to achieve this.......

Another question: do you know how the sorting of messages inside [pipe] is 
implemented? Will the time needed to add a message increase linearly? (I 
think the best achievable is logaritmically, isn't it)

> And I don't know if the
> number of messages you can store in a "pipe" is limited or big enough

If not, I think I can work this one around by using multiple pipes, keep 
track of the number of stored messages, and use a [poly] to menage 
"available" [pipe]s


Thanks
m.