[linux-audio-dev] LADSPA 2

[Jesse Chappell]

On 4/24/06, tom christie <christie.tom at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the former, any change in the descriptor structure will always break
> backwards compatibility.
> In the later, new functions can extend the core functionality without
> breaking backwards compatibility in any way.

Actually, just adding a large-ish chunk of reserved padding at the end
of the descriptor struct can accomplish the same goal, as long as you
are only adding new functions to the API.  That, along with a version
field also in the struct.

jlc