add "as" function + getControlName

[felixroos]

adds as function:

"c:.5 a:1 f:.25 e:.8".as("note:clip")

fixes #595

• add doc

[yaxu]

Would it be possible to also support "c:.5 a:1 f:.25 e:.8".as(note, clip) ?

[felixroos]

Would it be possible to also support "c:.5 a:1 f:.25 e:.8".as(note, clip) ?

it might work if we say that multiarg is interpreted as a list of functions.. but not sure what a use case would be.

[yaxu]

.. and a bit wackier, but following that thought, howabout s("bd sd").apply("4 5".as("<fast hurry>")) or s("bd sd").as("<fast hurry>", "4 5")

[felixroos]

.. and a bit wackier, but following that thought, howabout s("bd sd").apply("4 5".as("<fast hurry>")) or s("bd sd").as("<fast hurry>", "4 5")

hm yeah that wouldn't work, as it's only for controls, but i see the appeal..

[yaxu]

it might work if we say that multiarg is interpreted as a list of functions.. but not sure what a use case would be.

Yep I was thinking these would be called as methods, but true they need to call toplevel functions which is harder to implement.

[yaxu]

hm yeah that wouldn't work, as it's only for controls, but i see the appeal..

I guess it could be implemented as a string of method calls to give some experimental behaviour for 'free'..

[felixroos]

any objections against merging this as is? making it work with more than controls surely is interesting but i guess that'd would require more brain power / effort / time to get it working. it would probably not produce a breaking change then

[yaxu]

Yes agreed it can be built on later so lets merge!