[PD] how to force the DSP call? / set delread~ delay name

[Christof Ressi]

> "PLEASE DON'T DO THAT"
I would say so :-)

> control connections do not force a new dsp call, so I dunno. 
Pd objects are (unfortunately) not notified on connection changes and I 
can't think of a sane way to work around this. The real solution would 
be to add an API for object state change notifications. In the meantime, 
I would say: forget about it.

Christof

On 02.03.2021 00:40, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
> Em seg., 1 de mar. de 2021 às 20:19, Christof Ressi 
> <info at christofressi.com <mailto:info at christofressi.com>> escreveu:
>
>     It doesn't have to be. You can certainly change the delay line
>     during runtime, just like in [receive~], [throw~], [tabsend~],
>     [tabreceive~], etc.
>
> I thought so, but let me just get something straight, is it possible 
> to force a global dsp call or not? Should it always be avoided at all 
> costs?
>
> Cause I'm now facing another issue, I have a [del~ in] object spitting 
> a unique delay name, and when I connect it via a control cord to a 
> [del~ out] object I want it to spit out the delay name symbol. I made 
> it spit it out when there's a new dsp call, but.... control 
> connections do not force a new dsp call, so I dunno.
>
> I ask because I'm still thinking about strategies involving dsp calls 
> and it'd be good to get a final word if that's a "PLEASE DON'T DO 
> THAT" :)
>
>     Done: https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/1274
>     <https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/1274>
>
>     I might do a PR when I have some time.
>
> Thanks, and I'll look into the way  [receive~] and the like work to 
> try and incorporate it in my external, I can also try a PR if you 
> don't beat me to it in a quite probable better way.
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