Re: [Csnd-dev] new API

Hi Victor!

This is exciting news! As I undertand, the work is still in progress.
Please let know, when it is more or less ready, I am happy to start
adapting CsoundQt to work with Csound 7 and the new API.

Thank you!
tarmo

Kontakt Rory Walsh (<[email protected]>) kirjutas kuupäeval K, 24. juuli
2024 kell 20:28:

> Did you mean feature/newapi?
>
> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 at 19:25, Rory Walsh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I see you actually mentioned where it is!
>>
>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 at 19:24, Rory Walsh <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Is this on the dev branch now Victor?
>>>
>>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 at 18:32, vlz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I started work on the new API following some of François’
>>>> recommendations. The idea is to consolidate the
>>>> interface, make it simpler and start removing functionality that has
>>>> not been used by hosts since 6.x.
>>>>
>>>> I have completed a minimal set in the feature/moduleapi branch. The
>>>> relevant files are csound_new.h
>>>> (the API proper) and csoundCore_new.h (with some additions relating to
>>>> changes).
>>>>
>>>> Not all of the API is implemented (I will start working on it next),
>>>> but it’s out there now for comment.
>>>>
>>>> Most notably, the following things have changed:
>>>>
>>>> 1) The number of compilation function variants is reduced.
>>>>
>>>> 2) We are not exposing the buffering anymore, so csoundPerformBuffer()
>>>> is gone. This has been
>>>> hardly used, host developers seem to prefer access to spin/spout. The
>>>> single-short csoundPerform() is
>>>> also gone, it is easily duplicated by csoundPerfomKsmps() in a loop.
>>>>
>>>> 3) Audio IO callback setting has been removed, for similar reasons.
>>>>
>>>> 4) MIDIO IO callback setting has been consolidated into a single
>>>> function.
>>>>
>>>> 5) Functions for events and table access were consolidated. Graphing
>>>> callbacks etc are also removed since
>>>> hosts can just read from tables and do their own displays as they see
>>>> fit.
>>>>
>>>> 6) Interfaces to threading, circular buffers, etc are gone.
>>>>
>>>> 7) Cscore functions are gone.
>>>>
>>>> 8) UDP server functions are gone (this functionality is offered by
>>>> options, so there is no need to duplicate it here).
>>>>
>>>> The idea is to make it less overwhelming for host developers.
>>>>
>>>> Victor
>>>>
>>>