[PD] Invisible wires was Re: PD] Zen Garden re-implementing the wheel in C++?

[Frank Barknecht]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 04:50:02PM +0200, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote:
> Matteo Sisti Sette escribió:
> 
> >So my question is which of these is true:
> >A) there is always a one-block latency between a s~ and a corresponding r~
> >B) there _can_ be a latency, depending on the execution order Pd
> >choses, and you can't know whether there will or won't be.
> >C) there _can_ be a latency, but if there is no dsp loop on the
> >graph, then you can be sure there won't be any avoidable latency
> >due to execution order.
> 
> Ok I did some tests and it seems the answer is (A)

No, not always. Attached are two versions of your patch
that have zero delay over three s~/r~. 

*-sorted.pd uses explicit sorting, *-moved.pd exploits the current
implementation of sorting, Pd does. Don't edit and save the second one,
it may "break" again.

Ciao
-- 
Frank
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