hi friends,
i have a problem about delwrite~ and delread~ objects,
i want to create an object(patch) with a signal input and signal output, that output will be delayed, and i want to be able to use that object in other patches,
i created a patch 'delayobject' using objects like:

|delwrite~ delay 3000( |delread~ delay 400(

but when i want to use more than one of these 'delayobject' s in an other patch, i get the error

warning: delay: multiply defined

so, for every 'delayobject' that i create i have to give 'delay' a different name automatically,
i try to use something like $1-delay but i can't figure out how, cause there is no inlet for 'name' on delread~,delwrite~ objects,
is there a way that i can rename these objects with a message?
or any other ideas, suggestions?
thanx

It must be inside an abstraction. At present there is no such thing as real "scope" in Pd (hopefully this will change in the future)

Presently you must create an abstraction, just like the one zz0 posted yesterday. Then the $1 will be local to that instance and take whatever name you give as a creation argument.

i understand now looking at zzo's 'delay~' abstraction
thank you obiwannabe, and zzo38

also, if you don't want to use a name for the abstraction,

just do:

[delwrite~ $0-delayname]

[delread~ $0-delayname]

and $0 will be assigned a different value for every copy of the abstraction that you create.