On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 06:40:32 -0400, Dave Robillard wrote: > For the sake of the record, it's been duked out on IRC and Steve > wins :). (Specifically, ports will be required to have a unique string > ID, but it will live in the data file, not the code).
Actually I didn't mean to say that they /will/ be required, just that I don't have a problem with it. I've not heard anyone else speak in favour of this, and it is a feature. If theres a critical mass of support I'm OK with adding it, as it should make the lives of some hosts much easier. At the risk of upsetting Dave, it can be added a a 3rd party extension without anything really bad happening. It just means that the Pd messages / OSC paths / whatever for some plugins will be ugly. "Market pressure" will ensire that all plugins support it if its useful to enough users. - Steve
