hey,

i've built a [d-default] object which provides default arguments in case creation arguments aren't specified. eg if you want $2 to have a default value of 0.5, you can just say [d-default $2 0.5] - then if $2 is specified, it will output $2 on load, otherwise it will output 0.5. have a look at [d-default-help] in the attachment to my previous message (subject 'd-triad, d-note, ..') for an example.

at the moment, though, there is a problem, which is that the way the defaulting mechanism works, you cannot override a non-0 default value with 0, since '0' is the value that $-arguments get if they are not specified. i've tried replacing this with symbols. i want to get around this, if possible, because it would be nice to be able to override non-zero arguments with zeroes.

now, basically, inside [d-default] it works like this:

[loadbang] | [f $1] | [== 0] | [sel 1 0] | | [f $2] [f $1] | _____/ |/ [outlet]

i tried replacing with symbols (as in [d-default-symbol]) (thanks to Chris McCormick for this):

[loadbang] | [symbol $1] | [select $1] | | | [bang( | | [f $1] [f $2] | ________/ |/ [outlet]

but this doesn't work with overriding non-zero with zeroes either..

any advice appreciated :-)

cheers d