[PD] "dsp..." messages into inlets (!!!)

Miller Puckette mpuckett at imusic1.ucsd.edu
Tue Apr 1 18:24:48 CEST 2008


Oops!  I'm using "dsp" for objects to intercommunicate, but I had meant
to protect anyone from stumbling on it.  Obviously I missed something.

I can suggest many possible workarounds, but will get around to fixing this
someday.

cheers
Miller

On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 06:05:37PM +0200, matteo sisti sette wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This must have been discussed in the list before, but I couldn't find
> anything in the archives because it's difficult to generate a
> meaningful set of keywords for this......
> 
> In a merely fortuitous way, I found out that if you send a message
> starting with the keyword "dsp" into an inlet of a subpatch or
> abstraction, it is not passed through the inlet.
> 
> Attached is an example, i.e.:
> 
> [     (
> |
> [pd mysubpatch]
> 
> where the subpatch contains:
> 
> [inlet]
> |
> [print]
> 
> If you write "dsp something" in the message and click it, the message
> won't be printed!!!! (while any other message will)
> 
> It seems like the inlet itself "catches" it...
> 
> I don't know what [inlet] is supposed to do with messages starting with "dsp".
> I thought it may perhaps switch~ off the subpatch, but it doesn't.
> 
> Is this a bug or a feature?
> Is it documented somewhere?
> 
> Thanks
> m.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Matteo Sisti Sette
> matteosistisette at gmail.com
> http://www.matteosistisette.com

> #N canvas 667 288 450 300 12;
> #N canvas 689 62 450 300 mysubpatch 0;
> #X obj 169 51 inlet;
> #X obj 169 96 print DATA;
> #X connect 0 0 1 0;
> #X restore 147 184 pd mysubpatch;
> #X msg 80 124 1 2 3;
> #X msg 120 92 bla bla bla;
> #X msg 153 148 dsp 1;
> #X connect 1 0 0 0;
> #X connect 2 0 0 0;
> #X connect 3 0 0 0;

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