1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/externals/vanilla/print.c b/externals/vanilla/print.c
index 7857454d..954ffa1d 100644
--- a/externals/vanilla/print.c
+++ b/externals/vanilla/print.c
@@ -19,12 +19,28 @@ typedef struct _print
 static void *print_new(t_symbol *sel, int argc, t_atom *argv)
 {
     t_print *x = (t_print *)pd_new(print_class);
-    t_symbol *s = atom_getsymbolarg(0, argc, argv);
-    if (!*s->s_name) 
+    if (argc == 0)
         x->x_sym = gensym("print");
-    else if (!strcmp(s->s_name, "-n"))
+    else if (argc == 1 && argv->a_type == A_SYMBOL)
+    {
+        t_symbol *s = atom_getsymbolarg(0, argc, argv);
+        if (!strcmp(s->s_name, "-n"))
         x->x_sym = &s_;
     else x->x_sym = s;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        int bufsize;
+        char *buf;
+        t_binbuf *bb = binbuf_new();
+        binbuf_add(bb, argc, argv);
+        binbuf_gettext(bb, &buf, &bufsize);
+        buf = resizebytes(buf, bufsize, bufsize+1);
+        buf[bufsize] = 0;
+        x->x_sym = gensym(buf);
+        freebytes(buf, bufsize+1);
+        binbuf_free(bb);
+    }
     return (x);
 }