[gmpi] Re: Reqs draft

  • From: "Angus F. Hewlett" <amulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:23:12 -0500 (EST)

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.


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