[gmpi] Re: lost-n-found #3 parameter stuff
- From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:44:46 +0000
On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 08:27:33AM -0800, Tim Hockin wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 09:11:01AM +0000, Steve Harris wrote:
> > Its such an incredibly small corner case, it only helps plugin where you
> > dont use the custom UI, and they have string parameters that aren't exposed
> > as strings, and they dont use paramter bridges.
>
> It's not about string parameters, it's about any parameter that wants to
> represent one way, but store another.
>
> And you're right - parameter pre-processing does handle EXACTLY this for
> input.
>
> I think we still need a parameter->string render though, right?
Yes, thats useful for prettyprinting. The host can synthsise it when the
type is known (eg. seconds of time), but I'd be sympathetic to not
requiring that form hosts.
- Steve
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