[PD] Pd 0.52 test 2 is out

[Christof Ressi]

On 28.11.2021 01:29, Miller Puckette via Pd-list wrote:

> I disagree with the "$0" in message box idea.  Why not $1 then?
> (Oh, because it already does something different...)

But the same is true for canvas creation arguments! $0 is not a creation 
argument after all, i.e. it is not part of "ce_argv". Also, it really 
has a different purpose. So I don't really see the problem allowing it 
in message boxes... $0 would be a special case either way.

But I'll stop now :-)

>
> Meanwhile I adopted the atan2 fix but then had to fix a compileer
> error (old c compilers can't deal with declarations like "t_float f1"
> that occur after non-declaration statements).  I'll leave the "bang~
> inlet there - I think it doesn't need to be documented because it doesn't
> do anything :)
>
> M
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 05:10:39PM -0300, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
>> and now for things we also usually ask in response to test release
>> announcements :)
>>
>> I'm just curious on why this feature has been held for so long since it's
>> been flagged for inclusion back in the 0.49 release (and now 0.52), it's
>> the addition of "$0" for messages, seems like there's something still
>> "wrong" with it? => https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_pure-2Ddata_pure-2Ddata_pull_347&d=DwIFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=yYh90wIqeDL83KdeA6jkw0pNyOCdUq9FVRekJOxxRWBDzrzJKeEmYZSL_OiSmcxA&s=x93zC1BFVT7TE8ZN8zXWQSNS1MEYarpPa0VBs5mjaiE&e=  I ask
>> because I've been improving the documentation of handling "$0" in Pd, and
>> it'd be much easier with it.
>>
>> I also got a couple of new PRs that promote quick/minor changes to code
>> that I consider 'bug fixes' from a documentation point of view: 1) Get rid
>> of useless [bang~] inlet (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_pure-2Ddata_pure-2Ddata_pull_1471&d=DwIFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=yYh90wIqeDL83KdeA6jkw0pNyOCdUq9FVRekJOxxRWBDzrzJKeEmYZSL_OiSmcxA&s=vgEmKum5EVTcHYKfxQ6HxQDnK1V6iS48U6geM7Ro3qM&e= )
>> cause I don't think it makes sense to document that it has no functionality
>> (and this won't break any patches); 2) add bang method to [atan2] (
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_pure-2Ddata_pure-2Ddata_pull_1465&d=DwIFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=yYh90wIqeDL83KdeA6jkw0pNyOCdUq9FVRekJOxxRWBDzrzJKeEmYZSL_OiSmcxA&s=3fJvGQG9T3hJrlAbIS_k5HQ9lhyF3drdLGFozeNXr0w&e= ), because all other
>> similar math/binary operators do this and it's just harder and more
>> confusing to document a special inconsistent case. This is specially needed
>> now that I'm adding references subpatches with info on i/olets and methods.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Em ter., 23 de nov. de 2021 às 15:29, Antoine Rousseau <antoine at metalu.net>
>> escreveu:
>>
>>> leave the shortcuts as they were and use cmd+6 for the new list atom
>>> +1
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