[PATCH] KPlayObject fixes for asynchronous generation + patch for kaboodle

[Neil Stevens]

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On Saturday August 31, 2002 06:42, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:
> Even if the implementation is source and binary compatible, some
> caveats:
>
> Don't call KPlayObject.object().isNull() if you want to test for a Null
>  Playobject. Kaboodle uses this to find out if loading of the media file
> worked. Call KPlayObject.isNull() instead. It will return "true" if the
>  object is a proxy. In general, it should not be necessary to test for
>  a Null playobject anyway.

Please document this, if it's dangerous.

> Don't rely on capabilities(), as the proxy object will return "0"
>  capabilities if the real object is yet to be created.

How is a user supposed to be able to know whether a playobject is seekable 
or pausable then?  This is a major regression.

> The proxy object will return Arts::posIdle as state(), even if you just
> called "play". For Streams, it can take an indefinite amount of time
> for the connection to be opened and the playing to start.

This will seriously hurt the usability of apps like kaboodle, and is also a 
regression.

All in all, this doesn't seem like a good change to me.

- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil at qualityassistant.com
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