>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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe