[gmpi] Re: Topic 8: Parameters

  • From: "Michael Gogins" <gogins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 20:47:39 -0400

Restoring plugin state from parameter snapshot is OK, if it is understood
that a parameter can be a blob (which could be XML, text, or binary data
serializing state).

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Michael Gogins
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frederic Vanmol" <frederic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 3:29 PM
Subject: [gmpi] Re: Topic 8: Parameters


> > * The set of exported parameters are a snapshot of the current state of
a
> >   plugin.
> >
> > * Saving and restoring a full set of parameters is sufficient to resotre
> > the state of a plugin 'patch'.
> >
>
> I disagree with these two. It's too limiting to have the entire state of a
> plugin be defined by its parameters (when it comes to saving and loading
that
> state).
>
> Frederic
>
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