vector objects and list

[60-hz]

many vector objects like [translateXYZ] [rotateXYZ] [colorRGB] respond to a list in their first inlet.

• the object returns "translateXYZ: no method for 'float'" when sending a list
• the object don't use the first value in list but understand the next 3 as X,Y,Z values.
• this behaviour is undocumented, but could be somewhat useful.

[umlaeute]

hmmm.
i think this is a bug in Pd itself.

what you are seeing is just the standard Pd behaviour of distributing [list( atoms values over inlets if there's no explicit list method.
as such, I would not want to document it.

however, I think it's weird that Pd tries to distribute the data over the inlets, even though the 1st inlet has neither float nor symbol nor bang method.