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On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 06:42:01PM -0400, David Robillard wrote:

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> On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 22:22 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:

> > On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 06:09:06PM -0400, David Robillard wrote:

> >

> > > LV2_Buf_Size_Status

> > > get_block_length(LV2_Buf_Size_Buf_Feature_Handle handle,

> > >                  uint32_t*                       min,

> > >                  uint32_t*                       max,

> > >                  uint32_t*                       multiple_of,

> > >                  uint32_t*                       power_of);

> > >

> >

> >

> > > This callback just describes reality to the plugin at instantiation

> > > time.

> >

> > That 'to the plugin' confuses me - isn't this supposed to be

> > the plugin telling the host what it (the plugin) needs ?

>

> This is a host-provided callback which the plugin can use at

> instantiation time to figure out the block length characteristics,

> whatever they may be.

(Maybe it's just too late for me to grok this...)
So it's the plugin asking the host what it can expect ?

Isn't the LV2 way to do this via features (i.e. the plugin

checking which features the host provides) ?
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