Re: check sum (Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] Okay... so why can't I edit a patch with this?)

[Brian <br...@ov...>]

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> Lastly, having centralized checksum methods doesn't *prohibit* having 
> specialized ones, anyway. We could put the 4 or 5 most-common ones in 
> core.* and still allow individual synthdrivers to put in their own.


Since we've already  made the decision long ago to put the normal case 
checksum in core anyway, I don't see why we couldn't have a few in core. 
Its not a question of all in core or none in core, its a question of
is the checksum algorithm in core so much more general than the others 
that it deserves special treatment, or are there a small class of 
algorithms that should all be considered equally generic and go in core.
If there are several synthdrivers using the same algorithm, I see no 
reason not to refactor and place that algorithm in core. However we must 
be very careful not to break any drivers in doing this.