[PD] *.lua => *.pd_lua or *.l_lua?

[Jamie Bullock]

Hi,

On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 14:03 +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote:

> I'm thinking if a custom file extension for pdlua classes would make
> sense? Currently pdlua loads all *.lua files, which complicates
> working with *.lua modules not intended to be used as pd classes:
> Those would have to be in a directory outside of Pd's search path to
> not pollute Pd's namespace. 
> 
> So my suggestion would be to use something like *.pd_lua, *.pdlua or
> *.l_lua as extension. What do you think? The same question may become
> an issue for other loaders as well, so a standard solution would be
> nice.

How about *.pd.lua? This has the advantage keeping the standard .lua
extension whilst providing a standardised suffix which indicates that
this is a special Pd Lua script... 

Just a thought.

Jamie

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