[gmpi] Re: 3.11 partial wrap: Inter-parameter linkages

  • From: "Jack O'Quin" <joq@xxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: 20 Apr 2004 18:37:14 -0500

Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Any linkage between two nodes of the graph needs to be either audio IO or
> control IO.  If you use things like class-static variables that are shared
> among instances, then your plugin MIGHT break.
> 
> The finest unit of granularity that GMPI supports is a plugin instance.
> All events for a plugin instance are delivered BEFORE that instance is
> called for process().  No event will be delivered to a plugin for a
> timeslice after that plugin has begun processing that slice.
> 
> Think of it as a directed dependency graph.  Anything that sends an event
> to FOO must be run and completed before FOO is run.

OK, fine.  Yes, I think this *should* be documented explicitly.
-- 
  joq

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