It just dawned on me that the same type of functionality I depend on in vop sops (import attribute with pt number, input, etc) could be a very useful workflow in chops, and would allow much faster data processing than the expression chop which I use for those things currently, and would also be a great node-based workflow instead of long expressions.

import sample vop (in vop chop context)

-> input
-> channel
-> index

would be awesome, thanks!

you can do it currently only in VEX, so in Inline VOP maybe even Snippet VOP

then call chinput() VEX function

http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini13.0/vex/functions/chinput [sidefx.com]

but making it into a VOP would certainly make thinks more intuitive and easier for everyone as this function is there for ages and probably not many people realize

Ah right great point! For the time being I could make a digital asset out of it, should be simple enough.