andrea agostini

I want my object to create a new instance of itself.

Can I directly call the instance creation method to do this, or should I call object_new_typed instead?

i.e., does object_new_typed do more than simply calling the instance creation method?

I want my object to create a new instance of itself.
Can I directly call the instance creation method to do this, or should I call object_new_typed instead?
i.e., does object_new_typed do more than simply calling the instance creation method?

instance-clonation

The patcher might not be fully ready to do that in the 

 method but I bet the later it's not an option.

The patcher might not be fully ready to do that in the *_new() method. It's best to defer that with a qelem, or use the loadbang method but I bet the later it's not an option.


But I forgot to mention it's a nobox class - I guess this makes some difference...

You can simply call the new instance function directly if you have access to it. object_new_typed() doesn't do anything special, just looks up the class and converts atoms for calling the new instance function if necessary. It also limits A_CANT new instance functions (which require object_new() if you don't have access to the new instance function). However, always use freeobject() rather than calling the free function directly, or you will have a memory leak and other problems.

instance clonation