[gmpi] Re: lost-n-found #3 parameter stuff

On Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:41 PM [GMT+1=CET],
Steve Harris <xxxS.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Well, hosts that *DO* bundling will get it right.  Hosts that don't do
>> bundling will behave just like they do today.  And you get this in
>> exchange for a plugin setting one flag on a parameter.
>
> Its just not that simple. What about plugins that want to save something
> special, they wont be able to work with host that want to serialise. If
> you provide the mode general mechanism they cna save hatever they want. We
> allready havea mechanism to allow plugins to serialise thier state, just
> allow it to include whole files and it will work.

I tend to agree with this last point of view.
If the host is told to serialize an entire project, I would expect it to ask
the plugin at some point to serialize all it needs to serialize in order to
be able to restore its own part of the project to its original state. This
includes sound files if needed. If we think that its too difficult to let
each plugin handle this by itself, we can make some host routines that make
it easier to serialize and unserialize a sound file to/from the plugin
specific part of the project storage.
What do other people on the list think about this item?

Koen


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