[PD] style guide idea: [send foo] versus [; foo(

[Matt Barber]

> hmm.. generally this could be a good idea, but message sending is most useful
> when initialising a number of receives ie:
>
> [loadbang]
>  |
> |; init-1 6          /
> |; init-2 symbol foo |
> |; init-3 -2         \
>
> which is far more elegant than the the trigger/send replacement, especially
> with more fields..
>
> i think its important for students to recognise that this feature of messaging
> has a role to play, rather than trying to veil its use. in my experience
> people will tend to use [send foo] more often when they start pd, then begin
> abbreviating to [s foo] before they appreciate the msg shorthand [; foo[. but
> you are right it is a little confusing for new users..
>

Also note that some objects, e.g. [qlist], positively depend on the
message sending style.  My students who wanted to use them have often
wondered why we hadn't covered the two ways of sending more in depth.

Matt