here is to introduce a new primitive (node-)datatype. so next to value, string, … transform there is now: raw

nothing to get too excited about as long as you’re not dealing with device-communication and raw-byte handling.

if that is what you do though, this is your lucky day. instead of misusing strings as bytearrays (which you had to do in vvvv until now - and you can still do) there is now a native raw (byte) datatype. so think no more Ord (String)node and SpellValue (String)node but instead:

• AsRaw(Value)node
• AsRaw(String)node
• AsValue(Raw)node
• AsString(Raw)node make sure to check the helppatches of those to get all their details.

further the following nodes now have raw inputs:

• UDP (Network Server)node
• UDP (Network Client)node
• TCP (Network Server)node
• TCP (Network Client)node
• RS232 (Devices)node
• Reader (Raw)node
• Writer (Raw)node

still the old versions of those nodes with string inputs are available as modules and versioned “string”.

so this is to distinguish more clearly between string and byte-handling and should also have a positive influence on performance in situations where string/byte conversions can now be omitted.

please give it a run and let us know what you think. as always get the latest from here: alpha builds