On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 09:38 -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Roman Haefeli <
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> > To: pd-list <
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> > Cc:
> > Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2012 8:30 AM
> > Subject: Re: [PD] [table] update notification
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> > On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 09:15 -0800, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> >> Pd-l2ork has a feature where you can [r "arrayname_changed"]
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> >> and you'll get a bang when the array is modified with the mouse.
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> > That's nice feature of Pd-l2ork.
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> >> If you want a notification when using tabwrite/etc., well, when those
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> >> objects receive a message to update the array, just manually send
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> >> a bang to "arrayname_changed" when this happens.
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> > Yeah, you're totally right. If I'd build a self-enclosed patch, this
> > wouldn't be an issue. The goal here is to create an abstraction able to
> > keep an instance of a table in sync over network. I would like to avoid
> > to design it in a way, that forces the user of the abstraction to
> > actively notify it about changes. And since I also want to track manual
> > edits, I need some kind of a watchdog anyway. So I still go for the
> > watchdog solution, until the Pd-l2ork features make into Pd.
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> Can you guarantee that [tabsend~] will never be sending to that array?