Feature request: Allow arbitrary message output from expr

[danfuzz]

I find myself wanting to do stuff like emit a bang or a more complicated message like set 10 from an expr, and right now I have to build that by chaining an extra object off of an expr outlet. It strikes me as a useful extension to allow expr outlets to send arbitrary messages, not just numbers.

[porres]

that could be easily done with a [select] object in the output

[danfuzz]

Something like bang is easy, but if I want to do anything more complex, to my taste at least, the extra objects start to feel burdensome, especially if I want to (say) vary the symbol being sent.

[Spacechild1]

[expr] is meant for mathematical expressions. if you want to construct messages based on the results, you can do this with seperate objects. there's no need to do this within the [expr] object itself.

[porres]

seems you want expr to be more like a script language, I just don't see that happening according to previous discussions on the pd list :/

[danfuzz]

I don't know that I want a textual scripting language per se, but I'll certainly say I find it frustrating how Pd specifically chooses to draw some semantic distinctions.

In any case, thanks for the responses to this and my other recent issues.