Question about symbol table bloat

pp42's icon
Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

I am trying to wrap my head around the difference between symbols that stay in Max's memory and the data types that do not. Is there any difference between these two approaches to generating a message? I am hoping that one (perhaps the one using sprintf here) does not cause symbol table bloat. Any help is appreciated!

Emmanuel Jourdan's icon

no difference, the n.jpg will be stored in the symbol table.