Hi, I think a t_pointer * is a must in a mature dataflow software. Let's face it : it is sometimes necessary.
a 2007/6/23, Mathieu Bouchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > GEM, PDP, GridFlow, all use fake pointers. That is, pd defines A_POINTER > as being a t_gpointer * and all of the above externals disregard this > completely and send something else. It's because pd provides no other > sensible means to send a pointer. > > Older versions of GridFlow were sending a pointer as 2 floats of integer > value, and I was going to make it 3 floats when beginning to support > 64-bit, but thought that although misusing A_POINTER was more evil in my > book, at least it's being done with passing only one atom around, and I'm > also happy to be doing the same evil as everybody else too. > > (I could have tried a plain reinterpret_cast<> so that it'd be 1 float in > 32-bit or 2 floats in 64-bit, but I didn't want to think of the special > float values such as +0, -0, +inf, -inf, NaN, denormals, and anything > else. It could've been fine, but I didn't want to have to think about it.) > > _ _ __ ___ _____ ________ _____________ _____________________ ... > | Mathieu Bouchard - tél:+1.514.383.3801, Montréal QC Canada > _______________________________________________ > PD-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev > > -- Alexandre Quessy http://alexandre.quessy.net http://www.puredata.info/Members/aalex _______________________________________________ PD-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
