[PD] pd externals load/unload

[Thomas Grill]

Hi Alberto,

> Q1: suppose I'm working on an external:
> start pd, load it, control its behaviour, destroy it,
> change the code, recompile it, replace it
> *in the same session of PD*: is this supposed
> to crash pd?
> This happens to me, and the external debugging process means
> open/close pd million times (number varies according
> to coding skills ;-) Are there shortcuts to this?
>

it won't crash pd, because once an object (with a certain name) is  
loaded, it won't be loaded again in the same session. The code stays  
active until you restart pd. The OS will decide if you can replace  
the binary file of the external object in use. I think Windows  
doesn't allow that.

> Q2: If I have two externals with the same name, one
> in the same directory of the opened patch
> (which contains an instantiation of it) and the
> other in the pd search path, which one is loaded?

you can use -verbose to see the search order. I think the one in the  
patcher dir is loaded first, but i'm just guessing....

greetings,
Thomas

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