Christof Ressi wrote:
And this was sarcasm too.
damn, my sarcasm-O-meter failed miserably...
I was using [declare -lib hid] because this is how I load libraries in general.
"-lib" is only needed for multi-object-per-binary libraries, e.g. zexy and iemlib. [declare -lib hid] doesn't do anything useful, the external will be loaded anyway when you create it the first time...
but only if the external is within a given serach path on PD startup.
i guess Peter was saying that he only loads libraries/externals explicitly when they are needed. (which is a good practice for testing purposes or prior to posting/sharing patches)
in the case of [hid] (or [hidin] on windows) it would be [declare -path hid] though, since (as christof correctly said) it's a single external rather than a multiobject library (like ZEXY, IEMLIB, IEMMATRIX, GEM).
best
oliver