[PD-dev] understanding canvas_objtext() in g_text.c

[Miller Puckette]

in class_new() -- which is called when the extern is loaded.

cheers
M

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:21:46AM -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> On Apr 17, 2009, at 6:49 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> 
> >Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> >>
> >>I am trying to track down the path of loading a new object.   
> >>Basically,
> >>where does a class name get tested to see if a .pd_linux needs to be
> >>loaded or not?  For example, if I type [drip], where does it look  
> >>to see
> >>whether it needs to load drip.pd_linux?
> >>
> >>Right now, I am staring at the top of canvas_objtext() and not quite
> >>getting it.
> >>
> >
> >hmm, do you want to know when exactly Pd decides whether it already  
> >has
> >the "drip" objectclass registered or whether it needs t invoke the
> >loader-mechanism?
> >
> >an objectclass (or rather: it's name) is basically a method for the
> >"pd_objectmaker". if it has no method registered for "drip", then it
> >will fallback to it's anything-method (new_anything), which will call
> >the registered loaders and finally tries to open the "drip" as an
> >abstraction.
> >
> >mfgasr
> >IOhannes
> 
> Ok, that makes sense now.  So where does this registration with  
> pd_objectmaker happen? That's what I am looking for, but couldn't find.
> 
> .hc
> 
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