[LAD] Lv2 port replication [was Re: the role of lv2 extensions]

[Steve Harris]

On 13 Aug 2009, at 18:10, David Robillard wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 10:08 +0100, james morris wrote:
>> I was trying to point to the question of: Why base the replication  
>> of a
>> control port on the replication of the audio ports? The audio port
>> replication is based on the number of channels, so base the  
>> replication
>> of the control port (if it is to be replicated) on that also.
>
> ... the audio port replication IS the "number of channels".
>
>> So we have two new port properties: one to say this port should  
>> always be
>> replicated - audio ports would use this - and another to say that  
>> this
>> port can be replicated but does not have to be. The matching of  
>> counts
>> is implied because there's no sane reason why port replication counts
>> would not match.
>
> You are (falsely) assuming the replication is the same across the  
> entire
> plugin.  i.e. there is no global "number of channels" value

Ah. I see.

I thought that the proposal for that the number of channels in each  
port would be 1 or N.

In that case, I object to the proposal on the basis of over  
complexity, and trying to solve a problem we don't actually have.

- Steve