Hi -
I wanted to understand the application differences between Pbindef and Pdefn a little better.
At the moment, my main understanding is that a Pdefn can very easily be fit inside of a Pbindef, which is convenient for a whole host of reasons…but I do not understand if there are any overall advantages or things that one can do that the other exclusively cannot. Any insights would be appreciated, thanks.
Pdefn is for values only. So you can use it to modify a single value of any Pbind key without having to reevaluate the hole Pbind, leaving the rest of the keys intact.
For what I understand, when reevaluating Pbindef, all the patterns in the keys are reset, while reevaluating a Pdefn only resets the given pattern defined by it, the rest of the patterns in the Pbind continue without being reset.
Documentation seems to say otherwise: “Pbindef keeps a reference to a Pbind in which single keys can be replaced…”
hjh