ChucK has been updated to 1.5.2.5 (July 2024).
The ChucK Audio CHOP has new "getter" methods:
.get_float(name: str) -> float.get_int(name: str) -> int.get_string(name: str) -> str.get_float_array(name: str) -> List[float].get_int_array(name: str) -> List[int]