23 Jan
2018
23 Jan
'18
11:21 a.m.
On 2018-01-23 11:05, Christof Ressi wrote:
i guess the main issues with an mysql external is that it breaks all realtime constraints.
so does [soundfiler]. for things like initializing/saving it won't matter, but you're right, constantly polling the DB in the audio thread is probably not a good idea.
which is about one message away in pyext.
yes, but isn't this true for many things we do in Pd? :-D
oh definitely.
i'm not trying to prevent a [mysql] external.
however, from my very long lasting memory on and of the pd-list, i do remember that the blocking issue was indeed mentioned and discussed in conjunction with "some SQL" external. some things change, but some things don't.
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