[Kst] Plugin local data

[Barth Netterfield]

On Thursday 05 February 2004 01:12 am, George Staikos wrote:
>    I implemented the interface for plugin local data, but I'm wondering
> what your preferences are with respect to this.  Here is how it works:
>
> - in the XML file, add a node <localdata/> to specify that you want the
> pointer
> - your function must now take a parameter at the end "void**".  If you
> don't specify the localdata node, you MUST NOT add the new parameter.
>
> Now my question for everyone is, do you prefer to have one such pointer for
> each instance of the plugin (total=n for n plugins), or one such pointer
> for ALL instances of the plugin (total=1)?

The applications I can think of (eg, persistent averaging of data) would 
benefit from n for n plugins (one for each instance).  I can't off hand think 
of why it would be useful to have data shared between instances.

cbn