Re: [Csnd-dev] subinstr

Keeping code which does not work properly is not really keeping backwards
compatibility. I would argue that the best way forward is to mark subinstrs
as deprecated and, eventually, remove the code from new versions. Anyone
depending on that feature can always adapt the code to use udos or dig an
old release.

On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM Victor Lazzarini <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I was looking at an issue just opened on subinstr, and I was wondering
> whether we could mark it as deprecated (but of course keep it in the code).
>
> This was introduced before UDOs, which do a much better job, and now with
> Csound 7.0, instruments are more flexibly handled.
>
> Trying to keep patching it to behave correctly takes a lot of effort, as
> the design was not great to start with.
>
> Victor