SC: Automatic transformation of arguments to NamedControls

autoKr.scd

q = q?();
q[\autoKr] = {|ugen, prefix=nil, rate=\ar, args=nil, specs=nil|
	var argumentList = [];
	var defaultArgs = ();
	var method;
	// TODO specs are not working? :/
	
	args = args?();
	specs = specs?();
	
	// search for method
	method = ugen.class.methods.select({|m| m.name==rate}).first;
	if(method.isNil, {
		^Error("Did not found method \"%\" in %".format(rate, ugen.name)).throw;
	});
	
	// get default params and overwrite them if necessary
	method.keyValuePairsFromArgs.pairsDo({|k, v|
		defaultArgs[k] = v
	});
	args.pairsDo({|k, v|
		defaultArgs[k] = v;
	});
	
	// construct a list of parameters
	defaultArgs.pairsDo({|k, v|
		var name;
		
		name = if(prefix.notNil, {"%_%".format(prefix, k)}, {k});
		
		argumentList = argumentList.add(k);
		argumentList = argumentList.add(NamedControl.kr(name, v).spec_(specs[k]));
	});
	
	// call method with list of arguments
	ugen.performList(rate).(argumentList);
};

autoKrTest.scd

Ndef(\autoKrTest, {
	q[\autoKr].(Gendy3, args: (\freq: 400, \ampDist: 0.3));
}).play.gui;