On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 9:57 AM Peter P. peterparker@fastmail.com wrote:
Would be nice if this could be done with perfect backward compatibility with existing externals.
It does not make much sense to provide backward compatibility with externals imho. A solution should be possible using internal objects, and if such a thing existed, it would make sense to give it a new name (such as tabread4long~ or whatever
We could put all the 32 bit externals in a folder called system32, and then put all the 64-bit externals in a folder called system32. What could possibly go wrong? ;) Seriously though, it's probably better to apply occams razor to this change, and have software that works.