[gmpi] Re: Decision time: 7.2
- From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 08:48:50 -0700 (PDT)
> buffers at runtime. Is there a restriction that those buffers have to be
> requested during some initialisation phase? Or can they be requested
> anytime?
Either can be argued. Simplest is to assume the host has a heuristic, and
just act like the host will have enough. Handling failures here is pretty
tough. So maybe the host needs to ask the plugin. But that potentially
limits real-time changes to plugin behaviors or connection states.
> I'm not sure if the occasional code path simplicity win of (c) beats the
> allover design simplicity of (a).
C allows more functional completeness. A is a known model. Both have rules
to remember when developing the plugin. I don't think the design simplicity
is that much better with A. The hard parts of A, the traps and pitfalls,
are more obvious to me, and THAT is the biggest win I see. C is more
subtle, but all around more clever. Clever is not always good.
Tim
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