Re: [LAD] LADSPA dilemma

On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 15:16 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 03:05:54PM +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 02:08:17PM +0200, Tim Goetze wrote:
> >
> > > Let's assume the host provides the values that are going to be used at
> > > run() right when activate() is called.
> >
> > They may not be available. Or they could change in between the
> > activate() and the first run(). In the latter case nothing is
> > solved, your first run() will interpolate again. To avoid that,
> > the host would have to delay any parameter updates until after
> > the first run(), and that is considerably more complicated than
> > a simple flag in the plugin. It would force the host to keep
> > two paramters sets to start with.
>
> Also consider that activate() and run() are normally called from
> different threads and contexts, again complicating any coordination
> between the two.
>

    I tend to agree with Fons on this one but I just want to thank Tim
for finding the problem. I kept running into that one a week or so ago
and I thought I was losing my mind. It kept moving on me. No wonder
since it was using random stuff in memory.

Jan

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