RTAS: Macro for disabling gestalt IsCacheable

Audio Plugins
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Hi Jules, in the RTAS wrapper, could you please change

#ifndef JUCE_DEBUG AddGestalt (pluginGestalt_IsCacheable); #endif

to something like

#if JUCE_DEBUG #else #ifndef JUCE_RTAS_PLUGINGESTALT_NOT_CACHEABLE AddGestalt (pluginGestalt_IsCacheable); #endif #endif

So that we can control this behaviour? Thanks.

PS: why is it currently use in an #ifndef? I read in juce_core.h that it should always be defined, should it not be an #if?

2

Yes, good request, I can add that.

It’s just an oversight that it’s using #ifdef… Will tidy that up, thanks!

3

Thanks Jules!

I was wondering if there was no alternative way of activating/deactivating that (without rebuilding the whole project), for instance by providing the wrapper with a list of properties…

4

Can’t really see how that’d be of any benefit?

5

Altering a macro invalidates all compiled object files which depend on the header or build command line options. Editing a property definition (like wrapperOptions.add(gestalt_iscacheable, true):wink: just invalidates the one file which defines the property.

6

How often do you intend to change the value of this flag?

7

You can put this macro in the build option of this single file FWIW

8

As much as I need in order to debug issues at this level.

Indeed, that’s a good idea, at least in order to debug issues; however:

  • For other macros which are shared amongst multiple files, that’s not handy,
  • I prefer putting such config in source code instead of project, to ease porting between IDEs/OSs,
  • If the setting is in a plug-in specific source code, having something else than a macro is easing towards the creation of a Juce static library (shared between multiple plug-ins).