[PD] Pduino: Call for testing

[Jordi Sala]

yes, it works fine!

On 6 March 2012 17:12, Roman Haefeli <reduzent at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2012-03-06 at 10:56 -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> > On Mar 4, 2012, at 9:45 AM, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> > > Actually [zexy/makesymbol] wasn't ever used in [arduino], only in
> > > arduino-help.pd . There it's used to display the Firmware version in a
> > > GOP cnv object -> [zexy/makesymbol firmata_%s.%s]. This can be safely
> > > replaced nowadays by [symbol firmata_$1.$2(. However, I didn't even use
> > > that, because I thought it would be useful to display the whole Firmata
> > > specification there, not only the protocol version. It now displays
> > > something like:
> > >
> > > StandardFirmata 2 3
> > >
> > > and it does so with only using vanilla classes. Let me point that
> > > [arduino] itself is not all affected by this.
> >
> > Replacing [zexy/makesymbol] sounds like a good solution. I think that
> > the [symbol Firmata_$1.$2( will produce the most readable version of
> > this.  "StandardFirmata 2 3" is not super clear, especially to
> > newbies.
>
> Why would like the help-patch to only show the version in some weird
> format instead of showing exactly what [arduino]'s right outlet is
> sending? Am I missing something here? It's easy to change, but I don't
> get your point here. If you insist, i'll change it.
>
> > >> Pduino deliberately uses namespace prefixes because that's currently
> > >> the only way to guarantee the correct object is being loaded.
> > >
> > > Agreed.
> > >
> > >> Using [declare -lib zexy]  [makesymbol] does not currently guarantee
> > >> that (tho it should).
> > >
> > > Yeah, I also agree that it should.
> > >
> > > Please, tell me about your further constraints, if there are any, and
> > > I'll see how I can comply with them.
> >
> > I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I am sure they exist.
> > The best approach for something like this, I think, is to try to make
> > sure that the given output is exactly the same.  So if the
> > [zexy/makesymbol] code produces "Firmata_2.3", the updated code should
> > as well, unless the problem is specifically because the message is
> > like "Firmata_2.3".
>
> Sorry, if I am wrong, but I have the slight feeling, that you still
> think that something in [arduino] has changed. I can assure you that the
> updated [arduino] gives the _exact_ same output as the original one.
> That is, it still sends:
>
> 'firmware StandardFirmata 2 3'
>
> 'version 2 3'
>
> to it's right outlet. Only the help-patch has changed (see above).
>
> Please be assured, I wouldn't change any message format in [arduino]
> itself.
>
> So, how we proceed?
>
> Roman
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Jordi Sala
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