[vdr] Feature request: suggestion for cPlugin

[Udo Richter]

Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> You can't just put some random data into some abstract interface
> and expect something particular to happen ;-) 

Thats why some unique identification string is necessary, to make sure
both plugins talk about the same struct for communication.

> The clean method is for the "server" to provide a proper public member
> function and for the "client" to include the plugin's header file.

How? #include "../epgsearch/plugin.h"?
First, the symlink name "epgsearch" is user-dependant, any may be set
differently based on personal taste.
Second, now the plugin depends on epgsearch and cannot run without it.

Just keeping a local copy of plugin.h?
This leads to dangerous versioning troubles, see other post.

> Determining whether or not a plugin is present doesn't change through
> that - you already do that now, don't you?

Another point: With a dedicated interface, plugins can offer general
interfaces like "timer-conflicts" or "search-repeats", so any plugin can
use this feature and any plugin can provide this feature.


Cheers,

Udo