[linux-audio-dev] Plugin APIs (again)

[Steve Harris]

On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 05:00:43PM +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> > Doesnt it make more sense to require imstruments to handle all
> > values in the range that they declare as valid? Thats not hard.
> 
> Hmm... Well, yes, but how do you handle these enum controls with 
> "random" modes that can be disabled depending on the values of other 
> controls?
> 
> IMHO, such controls would be a sign of bad design, and in that case, 
> we could basically just rule them out, or rather ignore (*) them - 
> but I could be missing something.

Yes, I can only think of one example of this (in any plugin system) and it
was definalty a case of bad design.

- Steve