Re: [PD] object names with "."

2017-10-17 Thread Alexandre Torres Porres
2017-10-17 21:08 GMT-02:00 Jonathan Wilkes : > > It's possible you saw the pattern in an abstraction library where this > issue doesn't come up. > but I didn't. And it's also a pattern outside Pd (like in Max, for instance) Your preference complicates the source code for no significant usability

Re: [PD] object names with "."

2017-10-17 Thread Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list
>> why do you think you are missing something? > I usually do that, cause I'm not a programmer [...] > I also see this pattern here and there, so I'm > not coming up with this, would anyone have something > against using "."? You said above you are not a programmer above, so I'll thrown i

Re: [PD] object names with "."

2017-10-17 Thread Simon Iten
well, yes :-) i’m used to files that end with a suffix .whatever the .whatever usually designates the filetype. so using a . before the filetype suffix is much harder to read for me and totally uncommon. while this is not an issue within pd itself it is still worth considering i think. > On 17

Re: [PD] object names with "."

2017-10-17 Thread Alexandre Torres Porres
2017-10-17 17:45 GMT-02:00 Jonathan Wilkes : > > Well, here's what I have, an object named [allpass.rev~] > > As a practical matter, I still don't understand why you are trying > to use "." instead of "_". > not trying anymore, I succeeded, so it seems. and I already said it's just a matter of p

Re: [PD] object names with "."

2017-10-17 Thread Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list
> Well, here's what I have, an object named [allpass.rev~] As a practical matter, I still don't understand why you are trying to use "." instead of "_". -Jonathan ___ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.

Re: [PD] object names with "."

2017-10-17 Thread Alexandre Torres Porres
well, just tested in windows and linux and it worked :) 2017-10-17 17:23 GMT-02:00 IOhannes m zmölnig : > > why should it not work? > I dunno, that's why I asked, it wasn't clear it'd be fine without hexloader > why do you think you are missing something? > I usually do that, cause I'm not a

Re: [PD] object names with "."

2017-10-17 Thread IOhannes m zmölnig
On 10/17/2017 08:59 PM, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote: > Well, here's what I have, an object named [allpass.rev~] > > I compiled a file name "allpass.rev~.pd_darwin", I have > a allpass.rev~-help.pd, all works fine here in the mac, and all I had to do > was having a setup_allpass0x2erev_tilde()

Re: [PD] object names with "."

2017-10-17 Thread Alexandre Torres Porres
Well, here's what I have, an object named [allpass.rev~] I compiled a file name "allpass.rev~.pd_darwin", I have a allpass.rev~-help.pd, all works fine here in the mac, and all I had to do was having a setup_allpass0x2erev_tilde() function in the code. Now, what am I missing? Is this not gonna

Re: [PD] object names with "."

2017-10-17 Thread IOhannes m zmölnig
On 10/17/2017 07:44 PM, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list wrote: > >> and how come underline works just fine? > Because Pd's loader mechanism searches for the symbol "${libname}_setup", > where "${libname}" is the name of the library being loaded. > If you make sure that "${libname}" is drawn from the

Re: [PD] object names with "."

2017-10-17 Thread Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list
> and how come underline works just fine? Because Pd's loader mechanism searches for the symbol "${libname}_setup", where "${libname}" is the name of the library being loaded. If you make sure that "${libname}" is drawn from the set of characters thatcan appear in a C function name, then users

Re: [PD] object names with "."

2017-10-17 Thread Alexandre Torres Porres
and how come underline works just fine? What other easy options do I have besides "_"? 2017-10-17 14:39 GMT-02:00 Alexandre Torres Porres : > Hi, hiow much of a nightmare is it to compile an object with "." in its > name? > > something like "allpass.rev~" > > do I need hexloader, do I need to cre