[gmpi] Re: MIDI: Stapling

Tim said:
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 03:38:22PM -0700, Chris Grigg wrote: 
 1. It's inefficient/cumbersome architecturally to carry the SM along
 with the pure GMPI message

Depends on the implementation. 

I don't think there is any argument that can be made that stapling one
protocol onto another is a clean model.

Non sequitir. You already agreed the information in both parts is equivalent, so there is no tension between the protocols in this case, and therefore no issue.


 > We already have stapled MIDI SysEx,

...We're not stapling SysEx, we're special
casing it.  There is nothing to staple it TO, because SysEx is
fundamentally not a GMPI message.  So the idea that there is some
stapling precedent is false.

Non sequitir. Of .course. we're stapling sysex (MIDI bytes) to the GMPI message -- the only kind of message the plug ever receives, is GMPI messages. There's no reason in the world why that stapling mechanism would fail for other kinds of MIDI message. The logic you propose to find my statement false is irrelevant.

Also if special-casing is OK here, why is it bad elsewhere? Or are such rules to be applied only when convenient to the argument you're trying to make? There is a General Guideline that says GMPI needs to be efficiency in every possible way." '...Every possible way' is pretty strong. Nobody has challenged the assertion that unnecessary conversions are inefficient. Nobody has challenged the assertion that stapling allows unnecessary conversions to be avoided. So, if we are to be consistent about the rules, QED: they weigh strongly in favor of stapling.


...Because I can't resist :) 

List traffic would be a lot lower if only you would.

        -- Chris G.

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