Howdy, don't think this has ever been discussed... sorry if it had.
So, we need externals with non-alphanumeric names to be loaded into a multi-object library, loaded via start up. If you have them as a set of single-object binaries, the only option seems to be [hexloader] (a third party external). Hence, in order to reduce dependency on third party externals, would there be any opposition in the idea of incorporating the hexloader code into Pd Vanilla?
An alternative could be 'deken' handling dependencies, so if you download one external pack it would also download a dependency such as 'hexloader'.
thoughts?
Sorry, I just noticed this message. Pd's default loader mechanism has a "hexloader" in it. Curious-- if the user tries to create [foo], what is the use case for the default loader trying to load "foo/foo.$pd_extension" and "foo/foo.pd"?
-Jonathan
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