[PD-dev] Re: externals/build SConscript

[Tim Blechmann]

> This has been discussed ad nauseum.  Here's two reasons: 1) look at
> how many people post to the list with questions about loading libs,
> how many people post with problems loading single file externals?

there are different ways to handle this ... e.g. a proper #include,
import, site-lisp, site-packages, site_perl (i know, this would require
changes to the language pd)

> 2)
> ever had trouble with namespace conflicts?  Try solving that when you
> are using libs.  Sometimes its not possible.

if i have a zexy.pd_linux and a cyclone.pd_linux, i know, which sources
i have, if i have a "prepend.pd_linux" and a "prepend.pd_linux" i have
no idea, which prepend i have.
splitting libs to externals doesn't really help to solve this problem,
it just changes the responsibility from the developer to the user. but
it's not helping anything!
i think, the only way to solve the name clashes is _communication_ and
the ambition to resolve them. but that's a community issue.

t

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