[PD] [textfile] vs [text define]

[Lorenzo Sutton]

On 06/02/21 23:28, Christof Ressi wrote:
> They all operate on binbufs internally, so there shouldn't be a 
> significant performance difference.

For certain scenarios I find the -k flag for [text define]  useful as it 
allows you to save the contents (keep it) with the patch. This (having 
some data embedded in the patch vs. in an external text file), might be 
desirable or not, but it's defintely a nice to have the option and AFIK 
[textfile] deosn't have this kind of option.

Personally I also like it that you can have different objects which 
clearly do different things like 'define', 'get', 'insert', 'size', 
'tolist' instead of having to look at messages attached to them... Maybe 
because I've been playing with pseudo-random MIDI generation lately, but 
this is really a very subjective preference :-)

Lorenzo.

> 
> On 06.02.2021 23:18, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
>> I guess the advantage is if it runs faster or not, right?
>>
>> Em sáb., 6 de fev. de 2021 às 18:03, Christof Ressi 
>> <info at christofressi.com <mailto:info at christofressi.com>> escreveu:
>>
>>     > are there any concrete advantages?
>>     What's the advantage of having two different objects for the same
>>     job?
>>     If you like [textfile] for its simple interface, keep using it.
>>     I'm just
>>     saying that it's more or less obsolete.
>>
>>     On 06.02.2021 16:38, João Pais wrote:
>>     > It is surely overall more powerful. But when using it just for
>>     > read/get whole lines/save, are there any concrete advantages?
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >> [text define] is basically a more powerful and flexible
>>     replacement
>>     >> for [textfile] and [qlist]. I would only use [textfile] if you
>>     prefer
>>     >> the simpler interface or need the [add2( method. Personally, I
>>     only
>>     >> use [text define].
>>     >>
>>     >> Christof
>>     >>
>>     >> On 06.02.2021 14:28, João Pais wrote:
>>     >>> Hi list,
>>     >>>
>>     >>> for simple read/get/save operation, are there are advantages on
>>     >>> using [text define] instead of [textfile]?
>>     >>>
>>     >>>
>>     >>> Best,
>>     >>>
>>     >>> jmmmp
>>     >>>
>>     >>>
>>     >>>
>>     >>>
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