instancing confusion

[mowgli]

The image is from the Radar sample Wire patch.

The circle node, has an instance count of 8, where is that coming from?
The circle node has nowhere to specify an instance count.

In that entire example, the only node where I can see the possibility of adding instances is Linear, yet if I change the number in Linear, that is not reflected in Circle or Edge.

If I disconnect Circle from everything, 8 instances remain yet there's nowhere to edit that.
Same with Edge
Please explain.

[subpixel]

I'm going to throw out some wild speculation: the node was copied or otherwise previously part of a different patch network that did have 8 instances/channels, and the internal representation has leftover junk that the UI surfaces but which is otherwise unexpected.

[mowgli]

That's what I think but it's a persistent and confusing bug.
Changing the number of instances in Linear, which is where I assume the figure comes from, doesn't update the number in Circle or Edge.

This makes for extremely confusing everything, the figures shown don't have any link to reality.

What's more, swapping the Circle node with a brand new one from the library, does not reflect the 8 count either or is reflected in having a dotted connection yet it all behaves as if there are 8 instances.

[Danny]

If you connect a single float to the circle node’s radius input it will go back to a single instance.
If you connect an instanced signal to it and then disconnect that again, it will keep the instance count.
The fact that this “leftover” instance count on the circle node is in the example is confusing and I’ll ask someone to fix that.