Why don't you just use the "exitnow" opcode in your original if statement?
http://csounds.com/manual/html/exitnow

-David

On Feb 6, 2008 5:17 AM, Art Hunkins <abhunkin@uncg.edu> wrote:
> Such "extra time before actual abort" is consistent with the performance of
> "time" for the e statement:
> "The first p-field time determines the extra time (in seconds) to be given
> to the performance after the actual e statement takes effect."
>
> So, IMO, the "time" parameter does make sense with the event opcode (though
> not in the context I am working with).
>
> Art Hunkins
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Kozar" <mailing-lists-1001@anthonykozar.net>
> To: <csound@lists.bath.ac.uk>
>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:16 AM
> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Re: "Abort" Command?
>
>
> > Note that the info in the manual about the optional "time" parameter to
> > "e"
> > is wrong.  It does not _add_ the specified amount of time to the end of
> > the
> > score, it _is_ the time of the end of the score (in beats, assuming that
> > "time" is later than the end of the last event).
> >
> > I corrected this for the next edition of the manual.
> >
> > Therefore, I am not sure how it makes sense to interpret this parameter
> > with
> > the "event" opcode.
> >
> > Anthony
> >
> > Art Hunkins wrote on 2/5/08 11:19 PM:
> >
> >> Developers:
> >> I'd like to request that someone fix event for the "e" case. The
> >> parameters
> >> are different for (score event) e. The single and *optional* parameter
> >> should be time (as with e). Unfortunately, this parameter (for event "e")
> >> does not work to delay the "abort", so that currently "abort" is always
> >> immediate.
> >
> >
> >
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