[gmpi] Re: Decision Time: 7.1.2
- From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:38:52 -0700 (PDT)
> >My personal opinion on the datatype issue: a plugin must declare what
> >datatype it uses for (all) I/O. The host must convert to/from that type or
> >reject the plugin.
>
> I don't like this idea. Reason: it will force a (marketing driven)
> migration to 64-bit datatypes which is a bad idea. Much better to have the
> plug list the formats it can accept.
How is this different from your suggested answer (a)? In either case, if
marketing begins to tout 64-bits as a feature, plugins will have to convert.
With the model I suggest, this is a single constant and a recompile.
Developers can then offer 32bit and 64bit versions in the same package.
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