[PD] declare not posting library loading message while object creation does?

[Christof Ressi]

> you're right in case of this specific object since this external

I was only talking about this special case where the folder has the same name as the object. I just wanted to dispute the notion that [declare -lib hid] behaves different than plain [hid] in respect to search paths.

Christof

> Gesendet: Montag, 07. Oktober 2019 um 15:45 Uhr
> Von: "oliver" <oliver at klingt.org>
> An: "Christof Ressi" <christof.ressi at gmx.at>
> Betreff: Re: [PD] declare not posting library loading message while object creation does?
>
>
> >
> >>> i guess Peter was saying that he only loads libraries/externals
> >> explicitly when they are needed.
> >
> > I don't get it. When I do [hid] - without [declare -lib] -, it will be exactly loaded when needed.
> >
> > Christof
> >
>
> you're right in case of this specific object since this external
> consists of only one object which is synonymous with the folder it
> resides in.
>
> but let's take for example an object like [pmenu] from the TOF library
> (without any startup search paths):
>
> 1.) [pmenu]     -> can't be found
> 2.) [tof/pmenu] -> will be loaded
> 3.) [pmenu] with [declare -path tof] -> will be loaded
>
> best
>
> oliver
>