[PD] Fwd: Variable number of objects?

[Ingo]

Ok, it looks like I was misunderstanding the way how the [send] / [receive]
is working.

But then I am still wondering why I got a lot of performance boost after
replacing the [send] / [receive] with wired connections?

Ingo


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> Gesendet: Samstag, 1. Oktober 2011 18:18
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> On 10/01/2011 04:48 AM, Ingo wrote:
> > Every [receive] will have to check if any [send] message is meant to be
> for
> > this particular [receive]. It will have to check if the header of the
> [send]
> > matches the header of the [receive] until the first character doesn't
> match
> > anymore. Then it will abort checking and the next [receive] will start
> > checking, and so on ...
> > I can't see how this can be done without taxing the cpu.
> 
> this is not how send/receive work in Pd.
> in general, Pd's messaging system works in a "push" manner, where data
> is pushed from one object to the next, rather than a "pull" manner,
> where an object requests a message from the previous one.
> 
> therefore, [receive] need not care which [send]s are attached to it.
> 
> then, [send] need not search for attached [receive]s either, because the
> send-symbol will maintain a linked list of all attached receivers.
> going through the linked list for dispatching a message is quite fast.
> 
> gfdstm
> IOhannes
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