There should really be some means of passing arbitrary data between modules. I tried doing it with poly jacks, but of course, you know the problem with that. How about adding a new jack type, doesn't even have to look like a poly jack, just so long as it allows passing, say eight doubles to another similar jack. With a new base class to do that, it wouldn't be much trouble for different developers to derive new jack types from it, leveraging the code base. This strikes me as a win-win scenario. I halfway suspect that there is such a class, and that polyJack derives from it. If so, just expose that base class to developers via an appropriate interface.
Okay, whinge mode off. But this thing would be terrifically useful. I know at least one other established developer thinks so, and I'll be there are others who'll weigh in.
Feature Request
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UrbanCyborg
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Feature Request
Cyberwerks Heavy Industries -- viewforum.php?f=76
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UrbanCyborg
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TimShoebridge
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Re: Feature Request
Yes I agree, that would be useful. But what I'd really like to see as a first step is the ability just to detect which module is connected to which other via a cable. This is functionality that doesn't look finished or else is not fully documented. I'd also like to be able to restrict the number of cables that can be connected to a single jack.
Regarding data transfer between modules, I'm currently experimenting with storing data in a common file that is accessed by multiple modules simultaneously. This works fine in principle but then I need to synchronise access between modules, eg. Module A saves a piece of data to the file for Module B to subsequently read. I can perform this synchronisation by sending a simple signal via a cable between those modules but it's not an ideal way of passing data around, especially if both modules want to write as well as read...!
Regarding data transfer between modules, I'm currently experimenting with storing data in a common file that is accessed by multiple modules simultaneously. This works fine in principle but then I need to synchronise access between modules, eg. Module A saves a piece of data to the file for Module B to subsequently read. I can perform this synchronisation by sending a simple signal via a cable between those modules but it's not an ideal way of passing data around, especially if both modules want to write as well as read...!