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#X msg 519 91 test;
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#X text 61 434 aka [bng];
#X msg 502 69 symbol this;
#X text 576 111 casting as a symbol;
#X text 593 68 set type directly;
#X text 567 134 does not work (check console messages);
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#X text 5 308 casting and storage objects:;
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#X text 5 326 There a number of objects which are used for storing
messages \, or casting messages as a specific data type \, sometimes
converting from one data type to another. The right inlet on these
objects is stores that value \, which can be later output using a bang.
;
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#X text 10 240 Data types are known as 'atoms' in Pd. float and symbol
atoms have 'atom boxes'for realtime display and control from within
a patch.;
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#X text 411 239 Many objects cast the data they receive when they output
it:;
#X text 530 336 Some objects do not cast the data:;
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#X msg 428 282 this is a list without a cast;
#X obj 428 330 print;
#X text 414 380 Some objects need to have the data explicitly declared
in order to handle it. These are mostly symbol handling objects.;
#X text 414 447 Objects which route data generally can handle explicitly
or implicitly defined data.;
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#X text 411 41 symbols need to be declared explicitly \, floats do
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#X text 17 604 by Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@at.or.at>;
#X text 12 81 the "anything" data type allows anything to pass through
unchanged.;
#X text 17 470 examples of casting:;
#X text 424 517 click on these for more info:;
#X text 629 606 updated for Pd version 0.37.1;
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