Wish: Create branch for each input stream in merge module

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on January 4, 2012 at 11:05am

Technically this wouldn't be a merge as the data remains separate.

I think what you are wishing for is a multi-input Flatten. Where each separate input gets flattened to a separate branch.

I think this would be a great component. Even better if you have some [Shift Paths] functionality to maintain some or all of the original structure.

Permalink Reply by Simon Kallioinen on January 5, 2012 at 9:44am

Yes, you're right about that, it doesn't merge anything.

It wouldn't need to flatten everything either (that would be a nice option though!). If you input {0,1} into input 1 and {0,1} into input 2 it would create {0,0,1} and {1,0,1} without any flattening. It would simply be a module that creates branches for each input. And then you can use the flatten option and the input as on any other module.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 5, 2012 at 10:14am

Any ideas for a name? Combine? Squish? Entwine?

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Permalink Reply by Yoann Mescam (Systemiq) on January 5, 2012 at 10:33am

Heterogenize, Differentiate?

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on January 5, 2012 at 11:49am

compound?

Permalink Reply by Pieter Segeren on January 5, 2012 at 3:20pm

I'm thinking PlanTree or PlantTree, if I understood the concept right...

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on January 5, 2012 at 3:45pm

I like planttree, or growbranch or growlimb.

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on January 7, 2012 at 7:00am

Combine is sensible, Entwine has good imagery and is probably my preferred, otherwise something along the lines of a feeder lane onto a motorway:

Tree Feed

Tree Feeder

Permalink Reply by Simon Kallioinen on January 9, 2012 at 5:00am

Combine or Entwine are both really good names. Combine might explain the function somewhat better.

I'll vote for Combine.

Permalink Reply by Carlos Acosta Garza on January 7, 2012 at 9:15pm

Is there any way of doing something like this in the actual build? I´m having that same problem....

Permalink Reply by Carlos Acosta Garza on January 7, 2012 at 9:40pm

with VBscript maybe?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 8, 2012 at 1:58am

It's not particularly difficult. See attached.

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