[PD] trigger: [t b 1 2]

errordeveloper at gmail.com errordeveloper at gmail.com
Fri Nov 21 18:45:56 CET 2008


On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 05:48:45PM +0100, Damian Stewart wrote:
> hey,
> 
> i find myself often repeating a construct like this:
> 
> [t b a]
> |     |
> [1 (  ...
> |
why don't you just make some handy abstraction ?
> 
> now, the last time i was using Max, i noticed that Max's trigger object
> allows you to go
> 
> [t 1 a]
> 
> and the left outlet will send out the number 1. or even:
> 
> [t reset a]
> 
> and the left outlet sends out the message 'reset'. this seems to me like an
> extremely handy feature, so if it gets the blessings of the list(s) i'd
> like to go and implement it and submit a patch.
> 
> what do folks think of this? i know there was some discussion a year or two
> ago, talking about how you should only be using the 'bang' and 'anything'
> keywords with trigger and not using it as a type-bashing object. not sure
> what came of that though...
> 
> chur
> d
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