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

[Roman Haefeli]

On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 17:40 +0100, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote:
> Roman Haefeli wrote:
> 
> > > Some people may miss [s2l] in vanilla Pd, others miss a [pipe] for
> > > variable length lists or a multi-period [metro],
> >
> > those can all be done with built-in objects already, as far as i can see
> > (with more or less effort, though).
> 
> I can't see how you could implement a [pipe] for variable-length lists with 
> built-in objects, no matter how much effort you put in it (with acceptable 
> memory/cpu costs). 

not that i've already done it, but i can imagine that it is possible.
the idea is to give each incoming list an ID and send only the ID to the
[pipe], where the list itself is stored in some [meta-list]. after
receiving the ID from [pipe], you could use it to look up the list in
[meta-list]. of course you also need to delete the list from [meta-list]
then.

probably the most effort is needed to create [meta-list]. though i
haven't any easily understandable example at hand, i've used such
approaches in many occasions. as an example of how multiple lists can be
packed in one list, have a look at [list-fifo] from franks list-abs.

roman   


		
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