On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, max jacob wrote:
question 1: i saw that the t_atom has a field "word" which is a union including a _glist struct. but there is nothing like an atom_getlist() method. is there a way to embed lists in atoms allowing to build nested lists (lists of lists)? and, if yes, are there some pitfalls due to memory management?
The answer is no. This is an ongoing discussion on this mailing-list: stay tuned.
Basically, contrary to "float", "symbol", "pointer", the "list" type is not an atom-type, it's only a message-type. I am proposing the addition of a list atom-type, although it needs a different name and won't be compatible with other lists.
In the meanwhile, GridFlow and some other libraries are faking nested lists in PureData, but it's slow and ugly.
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