Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA extension mechanism *proposal*
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Apr 05 2001 - 00:51:57 EEST
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 03:26:23PM +0100, Paul Sladen wrote:
> Hum, one plus here; in fact I like your scheme. It doesn't break anything
> (except the size of the struct (recompile) and it allows for `limitless'
> extension.
>
> OpenGL -- an extremely successful and well though out API *relies* on a
> string-based extension system to allow for takes advatage of features
> while not breaking other stuff.
I have nothing against the scheme per se, I just don't think it belongs in
LADSPA. MAIA has support for all kinds of things like that IIRC.
- Steve
PS Not sure about your OpenGL/DirectX comparison, GL was around for a good
while before OpenGL, but point taken.
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