In other words, how can I prevent data-processing objects from interpreting certain messages they receive as instructions?
Example:
msg{a b c} -> obj{prepend set} -> msg{set a b c}
Actual (prepend intercepts the 'set' message)
msg{set q} -> obj{prepend set} (no output)
msg{a b c} -> obj{prepend set} -> msg{q a b c}
Desired (prepend treats all messages as data)
msg{set a b c} -> obj{prepend set} -> msg{set set a b c}
[sprintf set set %s %s %s] might also get you what you want.
Hens Zimmerman
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I don't think you can. There is usually a way round though, for example you could use [combine] or [zl.join] to achieve the result you're after.
Try with the tosymbol and fromsymbol objects:
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