On Nov 18, 2009, at 9:08 AM, Martin Peach wrote:
IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
somewhat related is the question of system exclusive ressources
(e.g. a port for [netreceive]). i find it highly frustrating that all of the network server objects
will plainly refuse to instantiate if they cannot allocate the given port. i would very much appreciate, if i could get feedback on the
success and retry another port.Do you mean the object should sit there semi-instantiated until you
type in a usable port number, or just fail to instantiate but leave
a message saying why it failed?
Personally, I think it should instantiate, and throw a pd_error()
saying that it can't function without a port number. Another option
for netreceive is to pick a default port number.
But in general, I think an object should instantiate regardless of the
args so you can get help and having it throw findable errors, i.e.
pd_error();
.hc
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