[PD] [PD-dev] is there a way for an object to detect whethere its inlet is connected to something

[Mathieu Bouchard]

> ----- "Ivica Ico Bukvic" <ico at vt.edu> a écrit :
>> I guess subject says it all. For the sake of efficiency I am hoping to 
>> detect whether an inlet is connected to anything and if so to perform 
>> its signal-based operations. Otherwise, it should remain dormant. Is 
>> there anything in the existing API that allows for this?

[gf/lol] does look at the way that an abstraction-instance is being 
patched, so that it can do automatic repositioning of all objects 
connected to the rightmost inlet, or hiding wires, or drawing segmented 
wires, etc.

It's the closest thing I can think about. It's currently used by [doc_m] 
and [doc_also]. In those cases, those are only message-outlets that aren't 
even used for carrying any messages at all, but you could use it in a 
different way.

   http://gridflow.ca/help/gf/lol-help.html
   http://gridflow.ca/gallery/%23range-help-edit.png
   http://gridflow.ca/help/doc_also-help.html

This could be the basis for coding an external that does what you want.

(ps: I am not on pd-dev)

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