Re: [Libvisual-devel] Plugin flags.

[Dennis S. <sy...@yo...>]

On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 23:32 +0300, Vitaly V. Bursov wrote:
> > Instead of flags, use char *indentifiers or ?, also with different
> Not "instead" but "and".
> 
> > applications, how do we make sure that indentifiers don't collide.
> well, usually application names are different... I propose to add
> char *optional_plugin_app_parameter_or_whatever;
> to VisPluginInfo. PLugin can set flag, say, APPLICATION_SPECIFIC
> and that char* string to "my_app_name iface 0.1".
> Libvisual must be told that it can load and use that plugin.

Ok, I kinda understand what you describe here, but as the dummy I'am I
probably need an example scenario to understand the real usefulness of
the approach...

Thanks,
Dennis