I got this itch to try and make a Pull Request for it. First I tried to make it as an external, but couldn't really do it. I tried copying the code of inlet into a new external, without any changes, but I seem to have failed miserably at it.

So I went ahead and started editing Pd's code to see what would happen and if I could do a Pull Request. It was easier to do that, and I was apparently on the right track. So I first added a new control outlet to pass/route all control data fed into an [inlet~] object.

The problem now is that inlet~ still only accepts signals, and will print an error like inlet: expected 'signal' but got 'bang' ... so now what? I figure it'd be crazy to change Pd's code elsewhere, so I looked at it and I assume that this is being set here. 

static void *vinlet_newsig(t_symbol *s)

{

    t_vinlet *x = (t_vinlet *)pd_new(vinlet_class);

    x->x_canvas = canvas_getcurrent();

    x->x_inlet = canvas_addinlet(x->x_canvas, &x->x_obj.ob_pd, &s_signal);

 

Am I right? So I ask, how can I make this external accept ANY kind of message, not just signals?

thanks