[PD] Strange bug in my patch

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

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Matteo Sisti Sette wrote:
> As I see it, Pd is a virtual machine and the patch is the program that
> runs on that virtual machine. So if your patch is buggy (i.e. triggers
> an infinite loop), the virtual machine can hang, that's ok, it's the
> patcher's fault, but the virtual machine is virtual and should only
> "virtually" hang. Pd, which simulates the virtual machine, is also an
> application, and the patch is its input: and no matter the input, the
> application as such shouldn't hang.

so how do you determine whether the loop is an infinite one?
and who will pay the numerous custodians in the galleries needed to
click on "yes, i really want this loop?".


that's not to say, that it would be nice to be able to halt the virtual
machine without quitting Pd.
it would also be nice to have a step-debug mode...

fadr
IOhannes
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