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it should be possible to do that with dynamic patching using messages to

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the problem is, that then you have to do the wiring outside of the object dynamically too (because the connections are made before you can create the iolets)

variable in/outlets are possible with dyn~, where the outbound number of connection is given at dyn~ creation, but you can adjust the inbound connectivity (and all the objects inside) to your likings.

best greetings, Thomas

Hi Gerard,

BTW dyn~ is very nice, but doesn't seem to work with GEM for some reason.

Hmmm, it works for me... can you send me a simple demonstration patch?

The original idea was that you can make an abstraction to act (for instance) like pack but will all inlets active. Hiding a bunch of [t b a]'s inside. And that it would be nice if you can make a single abstraction like this with a variable number of inlets, so that you don't have to make a seperate one for each case.

Can this be done at all?

one way would be to use py/pyext

# Python script: pak.py

import pyext

class pak(pyext._class): def __init__(self,n): # n should be type-checked self._inlets = n self._outlets = 1 # initialize list self.lst = [0 for x in range(n)]

def _anything_(self,n,args):
    # args should be type-checked!
    self.lst[n-1] = args
    self._outlet(1,self.lst)

PD patch:

#N canvas 463 293 278 228 12; #X obj 17 32 nbx 5 14 -1e+037 1e+037 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 10 -262144 -1 -1 18 256; #X obj 34 52 nbx 5 14 -1e+037 1e+037 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 10 -262144 -1 -1 11 256; #X obj 56 68 nbx 5 14 -1e+037 1e+037 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 10 -262144 -1 -1 13 256; #X obj 68 88 nbx 5 14 -1e+037 1e+037 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 10 -262144 -1 -1 21 256; #X obj 118 29 nbx 5 14 -1e+037 1e+037 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 10 -262144 -1 -1 13 256; #X obj 135 49 nbx 5 14 -1e+037 1e+037 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 10 -262144 -1 -1 13 256; #X obj 157 65 nbx 5 14 -1e+037 1e+037 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 10 -262144 -1 -1 10 256; #X obj 169 85 nbx 5 14 -1e+037 1e+037 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 10 -262144 -1 -1 11 256; #X obj 36 168 print; #X obj 37 129 pyx pak pak 8; #X connect 0 0 9 1; #X connect 1 0 9 2; #X connect 2 0 9 3; #X connect 3 0 9 4; #X connect 4 0 9 5; #X connect 5 0 9 6; #X connect 6 0 9 7; #X connect 7 0 9 8; #X connect 9 0 8 0;

best greetings, Thomas