Re: [PD-dev] $0 in messages, was: multiple $arg-expansion

Hey all,

The only advantage I can see to the addition of # args is shortcuts.

that's one advantage and it's an important one. When building more complex messages the [unpack], [f $x], [pack], [msg x $1 y $2( thing is a real pain, both for performance and for the eye.

But that would be at the expense of syntactic and logical simplicity, and my guess is that it would make code harder to read rather than easier.

i can't follow that argument. I just returned from a beginner's workshop and the fact that $x means different things in the same patch was obviously confusing for the people. It's much easier to read and understand that $x are always message parameters and #x are always abstraction arguments.

greetings, Thomas