[PD] [pd] tables as patch storage

Frank Barknecht fbar at footils.org
Tue Mar 27 12:50:11 CEST 2012


On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:20:51PM +0200, Charles Goyard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Billy Stiltner wrote:
> > why havent i seen more usage of tables as patch storage?
> 
> Maybe because you can only store numbers, not strings.
> 
> A textfile seems more versatile.

Or a message box. Miller's help-files are crammed full with message boxes used
as patch storage. Patch-level storga it nice for toplevel patches, but often
not really useful in abstractions, when each abstraction instance needs a
different state, although they all share the same patch file.

Ciao
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 Frank Barknecht            Do You RjDj.me?          _ ______footils.org__



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