johnpitcairn

Inside that js, shouldn't the this.patcher.parentclass property be "patcher"?

[p [p [p [js]]]]
Inside that js, shouldn't the this.patcher.parentclass property be "patcher"?

parent.js
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function bang()
{
post(this.patcher.parentclass + "n");
}
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this-patcher-parentclass-always-returns-null

From the docs, the return value can only ever be "patcher" or null, right? Strange property altogether.

I assume you can use the parentpatcher property for a workaround.

Quote: johnpitcairn wrote on Fri, 13 April 2007 05:16

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> Inside that js, shouldn't the this.patcher.parentclass property be "patcher"?

> #P newex 209 128 63 196617 js parent.js;

From the docs, the return value can only ever be "patcher" or null, right? Strange property altogether. 

Quote: johnpitcairn wrote on Fri, 13 April 2007 05:16
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> For this structure:
>
> [p [p [p [js]]]]
> Inside that js, shouldn't the this.patcher.parentclass property be "patcher"?
>
> It's always null here...
>
> Example:
>
>
> parent.js
> -------------------
> function bang()
> {
> post(this.patcher.parentclass + "n");
> }
> -------------------
>
> Patch:
>
> #P button 415 89 15 0;
> #P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
> #P window linecount 1;
> #N vpatcher 10 59 610 459;
> #P inlet 36 60 15 0;
> #P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
> #N vpatcher 377 307 977 707;
> #P inlet 50 70 15 0;
> #P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
> #N vpatcher 231 192 831 592;
> #P inlet 209 100 15 0;
> #P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
> #P window linecount 1;
> #P newex 209 128 63 196617 js parent.js;
> #P connect 1 0 0 0;
> #P pop;
> #P newobj 50 101 30 196617 p;
> #P connect 1 0 0 0;
> #P pop;
> #P newobj 36 94 31 196617 p;
> #P connect 1 0 0 0;
> #P pop;
> #P newobj 415 113 32 196617 p;
> #P connect 1 0 0 0;
> #P window clipboard copycount 2;
>
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this.patcher.parentclass always returns null??