[gmpi] Re: Topic 3: Cross Platform
- From: "Silver Blade" <silverblade_uk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 23:43:59 -0000
> > Lets please not use byte streams to communicate with plugins. The
> > whole point of have a header with struct definitions is to avoid
> > endless, complicated, byte parsing. Since we can assume that the
> > host and plugin have access to the same header and can agree on the
> > physicial description of the struct, lets use it.
>
> I totally agree. We're designing an API - not a wire protocol.
I remember the initial message posted about the meeting regarding GMPI
mentioning something about networking... I think it'd be a valuable feature
to add, even if it's just a case of transmitting data "down the wire" when
networking is desired.
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