How about [value -s] instead? :) I just whipped up a [value] update which changes the backing value storage to use a t_atom and allows setting the value type based on a flag: -s makes a symbol value, otherwise a float value. There are some checks against type mismatches between the same name.
This allows for sending & receiving symbols via [value -s] or [v -s] objects. Existing [value] and [v] objects are float types. The only issue I can see, other than a little more memory usage and type checking, would be possibly breaking patches which use "-s" as a value name. In this case, sending a float to the inlet is silently ignored and a default "symbol" symbol would be output on a bang which would cause a trackable error. I can put up a PR soon when I clean up this change a bit. In the meantime, macOS people can try out a test build: Pd-0.50.2-value-symbol.zip <http://docs.danomatika.com/pdbuilds/0.51/Pd-0.50.2-value-symbol.zip> > On Dec 6, 2019, at 5:50 PM, pd-list-requ...@lists.iem.at wrote: > > From: IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoel...@iem.at <mailto:zmoel...@iem.at>> > To: pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at> > Subject: Re: [PD] store a symbol and send on bang > Message-ID: <a60dff22-1380-4c37-84ab-d66d877f4...@iem.at > <mailto:a60dff22-1380-4c37-84ab-d66d877f4...@iem.at>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Am 6. Dezember 2019 15:27:02 MEZ schrieb Christof Ressi > <christof.re...@gmx.at <mailto:christof.re...@gmx.at>>: >> This would just complicate the interface. Just use [symbol] + [send] and >> you're done. > > > +1 > > also, [symbol -s] would make it quite complicated to create a symbol "-s"... > > > > mfg.hft.fsl > IOhannes -------- Dan Wilcox @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
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