<paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > and then when the rules change, and someone uses this external script and a > catastrophe happens? > > sometimes, i envy applications that use encoded, proprietary session file > formats :) Several years ago I had a fellow ask about parsing MMA library files. Instead of getting into details about why he shouldn't, etc. I just added a bit of code to the main application to do it for him. Did he use it? Nope, he insisted that his own parser was faster, etc. Only problem was that it didn't work (it did in his simple test cases) ... well, you know the rest :) Degenerated into a email shouting session and, I'm sure, he still figures I'm a jerk. -- **** Listen to my FREE CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user