[PD] maximum number of outlets, pd file format

Peter Plessas plessas at mur.at
Tue Jul 28 02:41:32 CEST 2009


(replying to myself)

this is only an issue with readsf~.
An [unpack] with 120 arguments and outlets works and saves fine.

PP

Peter Plessas wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> i want to create a [readsf~] with 120 audio outlets, and connect them to 
> somewhere. I create that very patch in a text editor, since i don't want 
> to pull that many patchcords. If i open that patch with pd, it seems to 
> load it fine, but if i save the same patch from within pd, the maximum 
> number of outlets gets truncated at 64.
> While i perfectly understand that no one ever thought about someone 
> needing 120 outlets (and yes, there is a reason why i attempt this :-)), 
> it seems 2^6 is a limit for pd's patchfile format.
> 
> didn't find something in the archives, anyone already had this? Could 
> there be a simple change to pd's sources to increase that limit?
> 
> thanks!
> Peter
> 
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