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

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

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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