[PD-dev] understanding canvas_objtext() in g_text.c

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Apr 17, 2009, at 6:49 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to track down the path of loading a new object.   
>> Basically,
>> where does a class name get tested to see if a .pd_linux needs to be
>> loaded or not?  For example, if I type [drip], where does it look  
>> to see
>> whether it needs to load drip.pd_linux?
>>
>> Right now, I am staring at the top of canvas_objtext() and not quite
>> getting it.
>>
>
> hmm, do you want to know when exactly Pd decides whether it already  
> has
> the "drip" objectclass registered or whether it needs t invoke the
> loader-mechanism?
>
> an objectclass (or rather: it's name) is basically a method for the
> "pd_objectmaker". if it has no method registered for "drip", then it
> will fallback to it's anything-method (new_anything), which will call
> the registered loaders and finally tries to open the "drip" as an
> abstraction.
>
> mfgasr
> IOhannes

Ok, that makes sense now.  So where does this registration with  
pd_objectmaker happen? That's what I am looking for, but couldn't find.

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