vector objects and list

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vector objects and list #365

Open 60-hz opened 1 year ago

60-hz commented 1 year ago

many vector objects like [translateXYZ] [rotateXYZ] [colorRGB] respond to a list in their first inlet.

the object returns "translateXYZ: no method for 'float'" when sending a list
the object don't use the first value in list but understand the next 3 as X,Y,Z values.
this behaviour is undocumented, but could be somewhat useful.

umlaeute commented 1 year ago

hmmm. i think this is a bug in Pd itself.

what you are seeing is just the standard Pd behaviour of distributing [list( atoms values over inlets if there's no explicit list method. as such, I would not want to document it.

however, I think it's weird that Pd tries to distribute the data over the inlets, even though the 1st inlet has neither float nor symbol nor bang method.