On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Tim Hockin wrote: > Arrgh. Load and probe. Probe is a separate entry point. It doesn't > involve instantiating stuff. The average probe() routine could even be as > simple as > > char *gmpi_probe(void) > { > return static_xml_meta_data; > } > > Is that so bad? > Well, it kills the opportunity to ship multiple platform binaries as a single GMPI package (sharing resources and presets...) but maybe that's not important enough? Regards, Angus. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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