[maxmsp] fromsymbol auto-converts string to int: not always wishful

Hi,

Another fundamental drawback of the current string/symbol/datatyping system: I want to pick a sample from a folder named "Samples 01 sorted" and display the path in a textedit. I want to strip the path symbol's quotes. Here is what happens:

#P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
#P window linecount 1;
#P newex 67 48 56 196617 opendialog;
#P user textedit 67 122 338 148 32896 3 9 Machintosh HD:/Samples 1 sorted/crash.aiff;
#P message 129 48 229 196617 "Machintosh HD:/Samples 01 sorted/crash.aiff";
#P newex 67 100 62 196617 prepend set;
#P newex 67 80 64 196617 fromsymbol;
#P connect 4 0 0 0;
#P connect 1 0 3 0;
#P connect 2 0 0 0;
#P connect 0 0 1 0;
#P window clipboard copycount 5;

Mattijs
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