[PD] deleting file from a Pd patch

[Matteo Sisti Sette]

IOhannes wrote:

 > On 2010-02-23 13:16, Derek Holzer wrote:
 > > |
 > > [prepend rm]
 >
 > what is the purpose of [prepend] here?
 > couldn't you do that with [prepend $1( for exactly the same effect?

Guessing you mean [rm $1(
I also often use [list prepend foo]-[list trim] (which is the vanilla 
equivalent of [prepend foo]) instead of [foo $1(, because, though for 
one single "$1" value it is exactly the same, I consider it (rather 
questionably) to be more elegant in that it works for messages of any 
length.

Consider:

(some number)
  |
[list prepend set]
  |
[list trim]
  |
(some numberbox)

and:

(almost any message)
  |
[list prepend set]
  |
[list trim]
  |
[my message box(


I just like the fact they look the same.

Note however that the letter is not 100% general: "foo bar" and "list 
foo bar" will both put "foo bar" into the message box.

Of course I don't know if Derek uses that for the same reason as I do :)

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