[PD] symbols with zero paddings and spaces

[oliver]

On 2021-03-17 14:25, Christof Ressi wrote:
> pdsend/pdreceive uses the FUDI protocol (= Pd messages), where strings
> that look like floats are converted to a float atom. When serializing
> between FUDI strings and Pd atoms, the textual result is not
> guaranteed to be the same for number atoms.

i see

> 
>> the resulting output from [netreceive -u 3001] will be:
>> 
>> udp: "01 2 3 4 05.txt"
>  Are you sure? Because I get
> 
> 1 2 3 4 05.txt

yes, i am sure, at least for my system (Win7 / PD 0.51.4).
see attached .jpg.
(i'm getting the same truncations without the quotes btw.)

> 
> which is what I would expect. The float atoms are properly serialized
> to their string representation (Pd doesn't remember the original
> text!) and "05.txt" is actually a symbol.
> 
>> is there any way to sent such a symbol untruncated using the methods
>> above,
>  If you want to send it as a single symbol, that's possible, you just
> have to escape the whitespace:
> 
> "01\ 02\ 0003\ 004\ 05.txt"

thank you very much, that was a pointer in the right direction !
i figured, since the white spaces by themselves where transmitted 
correctly, i wouldn't have to worry about them, but literally escaping 
white spaces within my .tcl script (by forcing a backslash before every 
white space) seems to do the trick !

best

oliver



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