On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:42:12 +0100 "Matteo Sisti Sette" matteosistisette@gmail.com wrote:
Indeed, you should ALWAYS be able to at least save the patch and close it. In my opinion, PD simulates a virtual machine, and the patch is the code executed by the virtual machine. So it's ok that you can write code that "virtually" crashes the "virtual" machine and/or makes it "virtually" unresponsive. However, the "simulator" itself, which is a "real" application running on a "real" machine , should never become unresponsive to user actions such as closing or saving the file. If it does, it is in my opinion a bug (or a design flaw), no less than if it crashes. It is especially important since in this case PD is at the same time the interpreter and the editor, so if it hangs you may loose your work.
Isn't this the whole point of pd-watchdog? If not then it should be.
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