[PD] arguments not passed to an external

[Martin Peach]

On 2014-05-26 19:03, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> On 05/26/2014 04:28 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
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>> On 2014-05-26 09:35, Alexandros Drymonitis wrote:
>>>> void *tabPowSine_new(t_symbol *s, short argc, t_atom *argv)
>> short argc? why short?
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>> this *must* be int (32bit!).
>
> I see no good reason to use short here, either.
>
> But I have to admit I am now curious-- what problem would it cause in
> this specific case?  The number of args to the object will certainly be
> within the range of short, no?
>

I think because Pd doesn't know how any particular 'new' routine is 
declared, it just passes the parameters the same way for every object's 
'new'.
Also the c compiler doesn't know that the 'new' routine must take a 
certain form, so you don't get any errors until it actually runs. (this 
could probably be fixed with a typedef for a Pd 'new' routine)
In the remote past, short and int were the same thing, but as processors 
evolve, int gradually gets longer while short stays short.

Martin