[PD-dev] the future of [declare] and canvas_savedeclarationsto()

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Hey,

So I am diving into the whole canvas-local namespace and [declare]  
issue these days.  I like the new "#X declare"/ 
canvas_savedeclarationsto() functionality, I think it could be useful  
for a lot of things.  I was thinking of making an API to use it in  
externals, something like sys_register_loader().  I have two  
questions, first, how entrenched is the current behavior of  
[declare]?  It currently is only semi-functional, and I think few  
people use it.

The second is how to structure this for general use.  I have thought  
of two ways:

- make "declare" the key word and allow other objectclasses to have  
their own custom "#X declare" data.

- allow objectclasses to register their own declaration key words,  
like [import] could have "#X import".

The first would mean changing the behavior of [declare], the second  
could lead to a big mess...

.hc


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