On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:46:53AM -0700, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
Oh, I see, I didn't check about expr. Well, a better example of what I'm talking about would be [polymap] in ekext, as well as (older versions of) [pddplink]. Both post a message about the particular object, both post only once, and both do so by using post in the setup routine for that object. Neither messages are posted when you load the respective libraries. So I'm confused by your example [...]
I rather think you're confused by the term "loading a library". In pd-extended lingo, the term "loading a library" has been misused to also mean setting a couple of "-path"s. The traditional use of the term describes what happens when you use the "-lib" flag or [declare -lib ...]. polymap prints its message, when it's loaded like that:
$ pd -lib polymap
...
|. . . . . . . . .polymap. . . . . . . . .|
|_- polyphonic chain reaction regulator -_|
| . . . . . .Edward Kelly 2006. . . . . . |
Ciao
Frank