Re: [PD] Name conflicts "class overwritten; old one renamed 'x_aliased'

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Alexandre Torres Porres porres@gmail.com wrote:

Hey buddy, I'm open... but I need more than things like:

• Got a problem with externals? Do not use the externals then;
• Yeah, you do have a problem and I don't have a solution, but other than

that, the thing you are complaining about is nice.

• I, personally, don't mind the issue, and I think that some workarounds

are worth it

• You might not agree it is nice now, and I'm not really trying to prove

any point, but maybe if you give it 10 years you might change your mind

I still do not see any advantage in object overwritting, and I see how it is causing name clashes.

I propose that the following two rules for naming Pd externeals will solve all your problems: 1 The name MUST begin with a lowercase alphabetical ASCII character (a-z). Subsequent characters may be lowercase ASCII, numbers (0-9) or underscore (_). DSP objects MUST have a trailing tilde (~) character. 2. The name MUST be unique among Pd externals.

Martin