Re: [PD] [clone]'s instance number

-- Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A. Associate Professor Computer Music ICAT Senior Fellow Director -- DISIS, L2Ork Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts – 0141 Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-6139 ico@vt.edu www.performingarts.vt.edu disis.icat.vt.edu l2ork.icat.vt.edu ico.bukvic.net On May 11, 2016 11:50, "Miller Puckette" msp@ucsd.edu wrote: > I gave this some thought but couldn't come up with anything more natural > than > the "$1" idea. It allows for changing the other arguments more easily than > it would have been if the instance number were passed last. Also, somehow > it felt more natural to have the instance number first. > > If there's interest in the idea, I could add arrguments to change the > behavior (such as putting $1 last instead of first)... Offhand I doubt > that > would get used much though. > > cheers > Miller > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 05:26:21PM +0200, Christof Ressi wrote: > > There's also a pitfall: additional creation arguments for the cloned > abstraction will start with $2. > > For example, in [clone 16 my-abstraction 1 5 9] '1' will be parsed as > $2, '5' as $3, '9' as $4 etc. > > No problem, if the abstraction was written for being used with [clone], > but bad when cloning existing abstractions. > > > > I'm wondering if there could be a way to get the abstraction ID without > messing up existing abstractions... Maybe have a dedicated object? > > > > For now, I think it's important to mention the parsing of additional > creation arguments in the help file. > > > > Christof > > > > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Mai 2016 um 16:25 Uhr > > > Von: "IOhannes m zmoelnig" zmoelnig@iem.at > > > An: pd-list@lists.iem.at > > > Betreff: Re: [PD] [clone]'s instance number > > > > > > On 2016-05-11 16:18, Liam Goodacre wrote: > > > > Would it be possible to access [clone]'s unique instance number from > within the patch, a bit like a creation argument? This could be used to > achieve differentiation between the abstractions, ie. if the abstraction > contains "tabread4~ $-1.array" and the $-1 is replaced with the instance > number, then each instance could read a different file. Of course there are > other ways of doing this, but it would be neat to do it with clone, and I'm > wondering if there's a way. > > > > > > > > > isn't this what $1 is already doing in clone's instances? > > > > > > > > > fgasdmr > > > IOhannes > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >