[PD] variable receive objects?

[Claude Heiland-Allen]

On 12/05/12 12:20, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
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> is there a way to generate a variable receive object similar to a send
> via message box, whose source is defined at load time?
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> or maybe i'm totally up the wrong alley, and someone can suggest a more
> idiomatic way to deal with this issue?

I think more idiomatic is identifier flow from outside in (rather than 
trying to get the insides out).

Use $1 in the player and the controller, instead of their own local $0.

Pass the same value in as the player and controller(s) arguments.

Possibly passing in something based on the local $0 of their common 
parent patch if they have one, otherwise pick a magic name that is 
hopefully unique enough.

I find it quite common to add layers of $ when nesting abstractions, 
perhaps with a pattern similar to:

patch:    [nbx]--[s $0-r]     [foo $0]     [r $0-s]--[print]
foo:   [r $1-r]--[s $0-$1-r]  [bar $0-$1]  [r $0-$1-s]--[s $1-s]
bar:   [r $1-r]--[s $0-$1-r]  [baz $0-$1]  [r $0-$1-s]--[s $1-s]
baz:   [r $1-r]------------------[+ 1]------------------[s $1-s]


Claude