> Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 08:49:54 -0700
> From: msp@ucsd.edu
> To: christof.ressi@gmx.at
> CC: pd-list@lists.iem.at; zmoelnig@iem.at
> Subject: Re: [PD] [clone]'s instance number
>
> 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
> > >
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