[PD] *.lua => *.pd_lua or *.l_lua?
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at eds.org
Wed Feb 13 20:29:31 CET 2008
On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:44 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> I think this kind of thing should be caused by a real world
>> problem rather than a hypothetical.
>
> i think this discussion _is_ triggered by a real world problem, and
> you seem to try making it hypothetical.
I guess I missed it then, where was it described? Here's how the
thread started:
"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 how about using Pd's normal tools for handling name clashes and
additionally, using a naming prefix like "lib" for the lua files that
are not intended to be Pd objectclasses (as I described earlier)?
Another possibility is using a subdir for these files.
Then we would not have to break the .lua naming convention and still
solve the problem easily. And people wouldn't have to learn a new
detail to get things working. They would then need good style once
they get things working, which I think is a preferrable to having to
learn naming conventions in order to get things working.
.hc
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