i agree also.
just to be pedantic, having numeric arguments for inlets won't explicitly solve the "multiple connections from an outlet" problem. mutiple inlets with the same number would still be triggered in some unspecified order. the solution here is always to use a trigger if order of operations is important. it's safe to not use a trigger when operations can really occur in any order. theoretically computation could occur in parallel in these cases.
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On Tue, 6 May 2003 15:44:51 -0400 (EDT) Mathieu Bouchard matju@sympatico.ca wrote:
Wish
- [inlet] and [outlet] should have numeric argument.
Rationale
Currently, [inlet] and [outlet] objects seem to number themselves according to their positioning in the canvas (AFAIK). This is a bad thing because:
- Behaviour should not depend on graphical appearance, except when
otherwise not possible to do so. For example, if several connections come out of an outlet, connections are treated in an unspecified order. It is considered a bug to rely on that ordering. (Is it? I don't know the puredata mindset enough for that)
- Each functionality must be accessible by at least one explicitly
specified behaviour. (i.e. unspecified behaviours do not count as a valid way to use a feature)
Does that make sense to anyone?
Mathieu Bouchard http://artengine.ca/matju
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