There are many objects that control flow. [spigot], [gate], etc.
They take float arguments. Float arguments are initialized to 0. 0
means closed in Pd.
[once] controls flow. It should take a float argument like [spigot]
and [gate] so you can choose the default state. No argument implies
an argument of 0. Therefore it makes sense that [once] would be
default closed. If you want it to be default open, you can easily do
[once 1]. This has worked well for [spigot], I think this will work
well for [once].
If you doubt that [once] and [spigot] are related, then open up the
once.pd and check what is controlling the flow of data. Low and
behold, its [spigot].
.hc
On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:31 PM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
I actually think that default closed would be more consistent
behavior, especially if [once] uses an argument. Changing [once] to
i cannot follow you here: what makes [once] consistent if it was
closed by default?
while the object should be consistent to other objects (and i don't
think it is inconsistent), it should be consistent to itself in the
first place. (e.g.: making an empty object [Symbol] output 0 if you
bang it (after instantiation without arguments), might be
consistent to [f] and [t f], but somehow i have the feeling it
should do symbols...;-))
default-closed would make it exactly like [spigot], except with
the added feature of closing itself after receiving one piece of
data.
i follow frank here: if this object was "exactly like [spigot]"
then you should use [spigot].
if there is a need for your suggested hybrid between [spigot] and
[once], then this object should be, but with a different name.
The more objects behave consistently with each other, the better
Pd will be.
but the more objects will behave as expected, the even better Pd
will be.
consistency is really a lot about "how do i expect an object to
behave"
imho, the biggest inconsistency for [once] is, that you can reset
it at all.
mfg.asdr
IOhannes
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