Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > With Pd-extended, the goal is to use the libdir format for everything, > then making sure that the libdir format is well supported. The first > part is almost done, there are only a handful of exceptions (Gem, PDP, > PiDiP...), the second part is a work in progress. > > I don't necessarily object to including this autoload functionality, but > I wouldn't use it at all in Pd-extended. Here's the way I think this > should work in the near future: > > - use a default preferences file to load the libs in the same order on > all platforms. > > - allow patch-local namespaces which can override the global namespace. > This will allow people to load libs in a custom order without having to > change the default preferences. > > The part that remains to be seen is whether the global namespace should > have no libraries loaded by default, like Java, etc. do, or whether it > is ok to have a standard set of libs loaded by default. The later would > be easier for newbies, but may cause more headaches with distribution > and name clashes.
Ok, well this discussion gives me the answer I was looking for. The patch isn't obviously beneficial or even desired. I'm going to close the issue out for now, and maybe I can come up with something different in the future when I have a better understanding of all of the issues involved. Thanks for the feedback, -- Russell Bryant _______________________________________________ PD-dev mailing list PD-dev@iem.at http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev