[PD-dev] pd-extended loadlib request

[Russell Bryant]

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,

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Russell Bryant