+1 in heaping praise on [text] and its comrades: albeit a bit slow with growing size, it allows for loads of data manipulation in a very flexible way.
hans > Am 08.02.2021 um 09:57 schrieb Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsut...@gmail.com>: > > On 06/02/21 23:28, Christof Ressi wrote: >> They all operate on binbufs internally, so there shouldn't be a significant >> performance difference. > > For certain scenarios I find the -k flag for [text define] useful as it > allows you to save the contents (keep it) with the patch. This (having some > data embedded in the patch vs. in an external text file), might be desirable > or not, but it's defintely a nice to have the option and AFIK [textfile] > deosn't have this kind of option. > > Personally I also like it that you can have different objects which clearly > do different things like 'define', 'get', 'insert', 'size', 'tolist' instead > of having to look at messages attached to them... Maybe because I've been > playing with pseudo-random MIDI generation lately, but this is really a very > subjective preference :-) > > Lorenzo. > >> On 06.02.2021 23:18, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote: >>> I guess the advantage is if it runs faster or not, right? >>> >>> Em sáb., 6 de fev. de 2021 às 18:03, Christof Ressi <i...@christofressi.com >>> <mailto:i...@christofressi.com>> escreveu: >>> >>> > are there any concrete advantages? >>> What's the advantage of having two different objects for the same >>> job? >>> If you like [textfile] for its simple interface, keep using it. >>> I'm just >>> saying that it's more or less obsolete. >>> >>> On 06.02.2021 16:38, João Pais wrote: >>> > It is surely overall more powerful. But when using it just for >>> > read/get whole lines/save, are there any concrete advantages? >>> > >>> > >>> >> [text define] is basically a more powerful and flexible >>> replacement >>> >> for [textfile] and [qlist]. I would only use [textfile] if you >>> prefer >>> >> the simpler interface or need the [add2( method. Personally, I >>> only >>> >> use [text define]. >>> >> >>> >> Christof >>> >> >>> >> On 06.02.2021 14:28, João Pais wrote: >>> >>> Hi list, >>> >>> >>> >>> for simple read/get/save operation, are there are advantages on >>> >>> using [text define] instead of [textfile]? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> >>> >>> jmmmp >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at> mailing list >>> >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>> >>> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >>> <https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at> mailing list >>> > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >>> <https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at> mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >>> <https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management >>> ->https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> _______________________________________________ >> Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
