[PD] symbols with zero paddings and spaces

[oliver]

hi, dear list !

when i try to send a symbol containing spaces AND numbers prepended by 
zeros with [pdsend], the zeros get truncated in unpredictable ways.

to see what i mean, please do the following:

1.) open the [netreceive] help patch
2.) open a console and try the following command:

========================== LINUX/OSX: ===============================

~$ echo "01 02 0003 004 05.txt" | /usr/bin/pdsend 3001 localhost udp

=========================== WINDOWS: ================================

> echo "01 02 0003 004 05.txt" | "C:\Program Files\Pd\bin\pdsend.exe"  
> 3001 localhost udp

=====================================================================

the resulting output from [netreceive -u 3001] will be:

udp: "01 2 3 4 05.txt"


the same is true if a symbol like this is sent from a .tcl script to a 
corresponding [receive] object in a PD patch
(using the "::pd_connect::pdsend" function).

is there any way to sent such a symbol untruncated using the methods 
above, other than transforming them first to ascii code numbers and send 
them as a list of numbers, using [list tosymbol] later in the "PD-world" 
to symbolize it?

thanks for all clarifications

oliver