[Feature Request] Ability to "compile" to a patch

[cvanwinkle]

If I load a patch, that has some parameter inputs. For example (from Creating your first patch - Hello, World! )

graph AnnoyingBeep  [[main]]
{
    output stream float out;
    input gain.volume;
    input sine.frequencyIn;

    node sine = std::oscillators::Sine (float, 440);
    node gain = std::levels::SmoothedGain (float);

    connection sine -> gain.in;
    connection gain.out -> out;
}

Then if I load the patch and programmatically change the value using the native API, I'd like to be able to re-export or compile to the patch format to inspect. What this would look like might be if I change sine.frequencyIn to be 1000 Hz instead of 440 Hz, I should be able to compile to the patch format and the new code might be something like the following.

graph AnnoyingBeep  [[main]]
{
    output stream float out;
    input gain.volume;
    input sine.frequencyIn;

    node sine = std::oscillators::Sine (float, 1000);
    node gain = std::levels::SmoothedGain (float);

    connection sine -> gain.in;
    connection gain.out -> out;
}

For more complex patches, I think it would be fine for it to not match so exactly. For example, if comments were stripped or orders swapped or anything else as a by-product of the implementation. The goal is to be able to save state in the patch format itself.

[julianstorer]

I'm just going through some old issues, and sorry, hadn't seen this one..

I'm struggling a bit to understand what you're asking though? You seem to be asking for a way to regenerate the actual cmajor, but I can't see how that'd make any sense. And the constant that you changed has nothing to do with sine.frequencyIn...?