[PD] import vs namespace

Derek Holzer derek at umatic.nl
Tue Apr 8 17:45:35 CEST 2008


OK, when I run into it again I'll let you know. Usually this happens in 
workshops, where other things need to get fixed first ;-)

d.

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Please file bug reports if you can't load abstractions that way.   I 
> think there is one specific case where help patches don't load then, but 
> I don't remember off hand what it was.  A bug report for that would also 
> be quite helpful.
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Apr 8, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Derek Holzer wrote:
>> But this way doesn't load abstractions and help patches, AFAIK.
>>
>> d.
>>
>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>> This is only the case on 0.40 and newer.  [import] on 0.39 loads into 
>>> the global namespace.  This stuff is currently alpha and not 
>>> complete, so it is not very clear.  I think for the manual, the best 
>>> bet for Pd-extended is to use  the [library/objectclass] format for 
>>> objectclasses that aren't loaded by default.  That has been supported 
>>> by every version of Pd for a long time now (as long as you install 
>>> the libraries that way).
>>> .hc
>>> On Apr 8, 2008, at 9:22 AM, marius schebella wrote:
>>>> as far as I understood [import] is the same as [declare -lib] and that
>>>> only adds a library to the local namespace of a patch. see the help 
>>>> file
>>>> for declare that comes with 0.41.
>>>> you can declare your library relative to pd [declare -stdlib] or
>>>> relative to the patch [declare -lib], but - as mentioned in the 
>>>> helpfile
>>>> - the name stdpath is confusing!].
>>>> it is also not 100% clear, how this works in abstractions and if the
>>>> behaviour will be consistent with future pd versions.
>>>> there might be a chance that [import] really adds to the global
>>>> namespace, but I don't think so. (otoh I don't know how to add 
>>>> something
>>>> to the global namespace.)
>>>> the idea was that you can use a certain objectclass in one patch and
>>>> another one with the same name (but from another lib) in another patch.
>>>> please correct me, if I'm wrong.
>>>> marius.
>>>>
>>>> Derek Holzer wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> it seems that the ways of dealing with externals and paths is 
>>>>> always in
>>>>> flux! I would like to confirm a suspicion that, for the time being, 
>>>>> the
>>>>> following works the way I think it does, assuming PD 0.39:
>>>>>
>>>>> [library/object] imports that specific object into global 
>>>>> namespace, and
>>>>> can accommodate different objects with the same name from different
>>>>> libs. This method does not allow access to help patches or 
>>>>> abstractions
>>>>> in the library path.
>>>>>
>>>>> [import library] imports the whole library into global namespace,
>>>>> including help patches and other abs (usually, although I have often
>>>>> found this broken in Extended). It cannot accommodate different 
>>>>> objects
>>>>> with the same name from different libs, as the last library imported
>>>>> will have priority.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this correct so far? Has anyone documented this any more
>>>>> substantially anywhere? How does this change for 0.40?
>>>>>
>>>>> best!
>>>>> d.
>>>>
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