I've been thinking a lot about what Michael said in his most recently posted
signalflowgraph specification about implicitly qualified instrument names.


Michael Gogins-2 wrote:
> 
>  * The name of the outlet is implicitly qualified by the instrument name,
>  * so it is valid to use the same outlet name in more than one instrument
>  * (but not to use the same outlet name twice in the same instrument).
> 

This function might be useful on its own.  That is, the ability to get the
string name of a named instrument.  It could work like this:

    Sname strinstr
    Sname strinstr [Sparam]
    
When strinstr is used without a parameter, the opcode returns the instrument
name.  For example:

    instr Foo
        Sname strinstr
    endin
    
Sname becomes "Foo".  If the optional parameter is supplied, then the instr
name is concatenated with a period the parameter string.

    instr Bar
        Sname strinstr "cutoff"
    endin
    
Sname in this case equals "Bar.cutoff".

Are there any potential uses for this?

Best,
Jake