On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 09:48:12 -0700, Tim Hockin wrote: > Plugins should have loadable sub-units, with the I/O. The plugin in this > case would have 1 I/O or 1 pair of I/O per unit. When you load a unit, you > get a new I/O to connect. > > Not mutually exclusive to that, the plugin knows if an I/O is connected or > not. If it is not connected, don't allocate. When it is connected, use a > background thread to do the allocation. No, thats just too much work. If your i/o "unit" is requested it would be better to be at (re)instantiation time so you could reserve the resources ahead of time. - Steve ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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