Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
if (!s->s_name) s = gensym("file.%d");
vs if (!*s->s_name) s = gensym("file.%d");
Because Pd uses &s_ as default value for a symbol arg, not a null pointer, so s->s_name is never considered "false"... same bug, really.
btw, this has been fixed in some bugfix release of 0.42
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