On Dec 12, 2005, at 6:38 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
Frank Barknecht wrote:
One further problem here is, that in Pd, which is a graphical language, it is easier to overlook the [import net] object depending on where it is placed (and who placed it).
this is a good point. the [import] needs to be treated in a special way anyhow, since it should be enforced to be "executed" before anything else in the patch (else it would make the patch totally obfuscated, and we would lose more than we gain)
this makes me think of putting "import" into the patch meta-information (like position, size, font,...); probably a "status-field" of the patch would be a good thing to have (directly below the menu)
just thinking aloud
That does make sense. But [import] was just so quick and easy ;). The only downside of having the imports in the properties/meta that I can see is that what is being imported is much less obvious.
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