[linux-audio-dev] PTAF link and comments

[Tim Hockin]

> > > However, I don't like the idea of making all controls have hard
> > > ranges. It restricts the users in ways not necessarily intended
> > > by plugin authors, since there's no way to set controls to values
> >
> > no, it restricts users in ways EXACTLY intended by the authors. 
> 
> Unless the author just intended to hint a useful range for a control 
> that doesn't have obvious limits. There's no way to do that if ranges 
> are hard.

That _CAN_ be solved, but I feel outnumbered in my position. ;)  I'll bet a
pint that a lot of plugins will have internally clamped hardlimits.

> > Specifying this
> > stuff in an API is insane.
> 
> Except on platforms that have multiple commonly used calling 
> conventions. (Like Win32.) If you say "use standard C calling 
> conventions", you're fine, but if you say nothing, you're asking for 
> trouble.

OK, I'm fine with that.  I just don't want to see us explaining what they
are. :)