[PD-dev] tgrills' alternate loader function

[Thomas Grill]

Hi David,

>>> I just saw the alternate loader patch and really like that idea.  
>>> It  would be handy to write externals in any script language too.  
>>> Since  IOhannes and I have also just written alternate loaders of 
>>> sorts (HEX  and libdir), it would be good to incorporate these two 
>>> patches with  yours and get it into the Pd-extended builds to try it 
>>> out.
>>>
>> true
>
>
> What do you guys mean by 'any scripting language'? Do you mean that 
> literally, as in one would be able to use python or ruby or perl or 
> whatever to write a PD external?!

yes... the problem now is that there has to be a host object (like 
pyext) to load a script which then acts like a PD external.
This could be handled much more direct if a scripted external could be 
loaded in class scope (as opposed to object scope). You could, for 
example, just type [myext.py 1 2 3] to load your Python-scripted myext 
external then. Clearly, it's a longer way to get there, but modifying 
the class loader is the first step.

best greetings,
Thomas

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Thomas Grill
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