[PD-dev] setup() for hex loader

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On May 28, 2008, at 5:13 PM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> On May 28, 2008, at 1:28 PM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
>> I think you can guess which one I think is good ;)  the multi-  
>> objectclass library file format seems to cause a lot more  
>> problems  than it solves.
>
> the key is: have your own opinion, but allow a variety of opinions...
>
>> We could also switch to gcc on Windows, then we wouldn't have to  
>> work  about M$VC oddness, unless someone really wants to.  gcc was  
>> been  building Pd-extended for years now.
>
> again, the key is: have your own opinion, but allow a variety of  
> opinions...
>
> why should i not use a commercial compiler if it produces better  
> code, e.g. icc (i don't say that M$VC produces better code)
>
> apart from that, the same thing is also possible with M$VC, you  
> just have to specify it differently. i think it is via _DLL_InitTerm 
> () or the like.
> the "__attribute__ ((constructor))" is really a gcc extension. it  
> should not be used in platform independent code...

I am not saying that people shouldn't do it. I am saying those of us  
who use gcc should not feel compelled to support everyone else's  
options.  If someone wants to maintain M$VC, I won't stop them.  I am  
just saying, we can easily use only gcc.

Same goes for the library formats.  I don't use multi-class  
libraries, I think they cause a lot of problems, and add a lot of  
unneeded complexity.  But I've never stopped anyone else from using  
them.

.hc

>
>> Sure, makes sense to be system-wide.  I don't really have a good   
>> grasp on the implementation details, how hard would it be to add  
>> this  to Pd?
>
> within Pd it should be a couple of lines.
> in an external loader it would be a couple of more lines (as we  
> have to find and open the library again) plus the glue.
>
> nfvasdr
> IOhannes


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