[gmpi] Re: 3.14 UIs

  • From: Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 07:44:28 -0400

>On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 07:00:12 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
>> most people who have sat back and thought about this recognize that
>> from a design point of view, the out-of-process GUI with a control
>> protocol is preferable. however, it has two significant drawbacks:
>> increased developer time, and the complexity of handling non-scalar
>> data transfer between the DSP and GUI. neither are insoluble, but
>> neither one is nice, either.
>
>Non-scalar data should be handled by the "blob" param type, shouldn't it?

"handled" yes, but *handled* is something else. how does it move back
and forth efficiently? how does one sync GUI updates and DSP
operations without locks, etc etc etc.

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