Re: [PD] is there a [round]?

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Tim Blechmann wrote:

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|bang(: the good old bang ... this is slow, too, since the string "bang" is converted to a bang message each time, you use it ...

Hey. Isn't a messagebox, just like other t_objects, reparsing its text at modification time, using t_binbuf, so that they become t_atoms ? Else, there wouldn't be a need for decaying ("radioactive") atom types: A_DOLLAR, A_DOLLSYM, A_COMMA, A_SEMI. Don't you agree?

i don't think so ... i had a look at the code some time ago ... then decided to abandon the use of messageboxes in my patches in favor of |zl reg|, since they are slow ...

haven't had a look at the code lately, but try something like:

|bang~| | |10000| | |until| | |b| or |bang(

to see the difference ...

t