Re: [Csnd-dev] [EXTERNAL] [Csnd-dev] Csound API version 6 vs version 7

> The API for 7 will definitely change.

In drastic ways?

What is the general approximate timeframe of Csound 7? 6 months? 1 year? 3
years?

On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 5:21 PM Victor Lazzarini <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The API for 7 will definitely change. Whether it's worth doing the
> bindings or not may depend on your timescale needs. We do not have a
> schedule for the release of Csound 7, and 6.x is currently the stable
> version.
>
> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
> Maynooth University
> Ireland
>
> > On 2 Jul 2023, at 19:47, SUBSCRIBE CSOUND-DEV Anonymous <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >
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> > I saw in the following linked comment that it was mentioned that Csound
> 6 is only getting bugfixes and that Csound 7 is being work on and the API
> will be changed.
> >
> > https://github.com/csound/csound/issues/1595#issuecomment-1053581096
> >
> > I am currently writing .NET bindings for the Csound 6 API. How much will
> the API change in version 7 from version 6? Is it worth writing new
> bindings for Csound 6 right now? Will it be relatively easy to update the
> bindings to Csound 7 (i.e., will the changes be drastic)? When is Csound 7
> and the corresponding new API anticipated to be released?
> >
> > In other words, should I continue writing bindings for Csound 6 or just
> wait for Csound 7?
> >
> > Thank you!
>