Hallo, Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
Regarding all_about_data_types.pd: Personally I wouldn't trust this
patch.Its a patch with examples, if you don't trust the examples, then that
seems to mean you don't trust Pd ;)
To me the fundamental flaw of the data types patch is that it tries to infer information about Pd's "data types" from the behaviour of selected objects, but doesn't explain the underlying mechanisms.
Single objects unfortunatly often behave inconsistently or not as one maybe would expect (e.g. [route list symbol] strips list- but not symbol-selectors). IMO an explanation of the mechanisms is imporant to understand, where or why objects behave "strange". all_about_data_types.pd doesn't even use the word "selector" anywhere. Instead it talks about "casting" but doesn't explain what that means (in the patch it means adding a "symbol"-selector to a meta-message). It has several vague sentences in it like: "Many objects cast the data they receive when they output it" or "Some objects do not cast the data". This doesn't make me any smarter.
All in all, I don't think, the patch tells you "All About Data Types". But maybe it just has a misleading name.
Ciao
Frank