15 Jan
2004
15 Jan
'04
12:20 p.m.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 04:58:26PM +0100, Alfons Adriaensen wrote:
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:35:05PM +0000, Steve Harris
wrote:
Yes, OK, maybe its not a significant as I think, I still think it is
still more complex - you introduce a new hint, and the plugin can no
longer assume that all buffer pinters are valid - though it has to
be aware that it might not be.
So I think this would be an acceptable solution for LADSPA, and it
would involve fewer changes to existing hosts than adding refernce
buffers.
- Steve
the difference is that it makes the plugin
logic, for 95% of plugins, much simpler.
I fail to see that. Only plugins that specifically requested NULL pointers
by setting the hint bit have to test for them. The 95% others, including all
existing ones, can just ignore the whole issue, they will always get valid
pointers.