Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
 We have a winner! :D
 
darn, i just finished an example that works as well....
fmasdr.
IOhannes
/******************************************************
 *
 * myname - implementation file
 *
 * copyleft (c) IOhannes m zm-bölnig-A
 *
 *   2007:forum::f-bür::umläute:2007-A
 *
 *   institute of electronic music and acoustics (iem)
 *
 ******************************************************
 *
 * license: GNU General Public License v.2
 *
 ******************************************************/
/* 
 * this object is an example on how to retrieve the object's own name
 * usage:
 *   + bang to print the object's name to the console
 */
#include "m_pd.h"
/* ------------------------- myname ---------------------------- */
static t_class *myname_class;
typedef struct _myname
{
  t_object  x_obj;
} t_myname;
static void myname_bang(t_myname *x) {
  t_text t=(t_text)x->x_obj;
  t_binbuf*b=t.te_binbuf;
  if(b!=0) {
    t_atom*ap=binbuf_getvec(b);
    post("my name is '%s'", atom_getsymbol(ap)->s_name);
  } else {
    post("hmm, i don't know my name");
  }
}
static void *myname_new(void)
{
  t_myname *x = (t_myname *)pd_new(myname_class);
  t_text t=(t_text)x->x_obj;
  t_binbuf*b=t.te_binbuf;
  if(b!=0) {
    t_atom*ap=binbuf_getvec(b);
    post("my name is '%s'", atom_getsymbol(ap)->s_name);
  } else {
    post("i don't know my name yet...");
  }
  
  return (x);
}
void myname_setup(void)
{
  myname_class = class_new(gensym("myname"), (t_newmethod)myname_new,
    0, sizeof(t_myname), 0, 0);
  class_addbang(myname_class, myname_bang);
}