[PD] "get" method for Pd

[Jonathan Wilkes]

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> From: IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at>
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> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 3:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [PD] "get" method for Pd
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> On 2011-11-17 02:43, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>>  I made a patch awhile back that added a "get" method to pd:
>> 
>>  [; pd get version rcv-name( sends "version $major $minor 
> $bugfix"  to rcv-name
> [...]
>> 
> 
> wouldn't it be easier to use a syntax like
> [get <rcvname> <attribute>( ?
> rather than [get <attribute> <rcvname>(
> 
> i think sending the rcvname first will make the syntax more easily
> extendible.
> e.g. it would allow for [tryset <rcvname> <attribute> 
> <values...>( and
> the like.

I really want to avoid that syntax because while it may be the most 
flexible for the current Pd implementation (e.g., one without a list atom) 
it's clearest to have "get" followed directly by the thing being "gotten".

Maybe I can sidestep the issue by suggesting just to send the result 
back to the "pd" symbol by forwarding it using an added "state" method 
that does nothing:

[loadbang]
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[; pd get dsp(

[r pd]
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[route state]
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[route dsp]
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[set $1(
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[0(

Added benefit is that you can also state a message to pd using the "state" 
method, and all pd receivers will be notified.

-Jonathan

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