I think it might be unwise... The "$" meanings in objects and messages are actually the same; the text is simply interpeted in different contexts.
I explain this sketchily in the "14.dollarsigns.pd" tutorial in 2.control.examples -- but perhaps should belabor it some more...
cheers Miller
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 12:48:29AM -0700, Joseph Zitt wrote:
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:00:22 +0200 Frank Barknecht barknech@ph-cip.uni-koeln.de wrote:
$dollars in messages and $dollars in objects inside of an abstraction (pattern.pd) are two different things. $1,$2,$3.. in a message always get the values of incoming messages.
This is a long-term question but... seeing that this has tripped up several of us, would it make sense to come up with a different notation for one or the other? Could it be done in a way that wouldn't break legacy scripts?
I suppose only Miller can decide this, but it might be worth considering.
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