| I personally feel that a database, for whatever purpose, would be the wrong
place to document 'errors'. I'm concerned with the suggestion that the
database would be updated by anyone (am I right in thinking that?) because
the list itself reveals a wide range of levels understanding of csound.
Surely the list itself is the best place to notify the programmers of any
problems so that the updates, which are frequent enough, can be implemented
in code and documentation in a consistent fashion. Also, there seems to be a
growing number of variants/different platforms etc. which would demand
additional scrutiny.
I think Larry Troxler's original concern over the status of the ugens for a
new user of csound may be better addressed by a thoroughgoing review of the
manual: I feel that some of the examples may be added to and the consistent
format expanded to allow for other common features (eg. default settings may
be explicitly stated - I can't think of anything else offhand - but you get
the idea?). It may be good to organise the sections differently etc.
Anyway, that's my view (as a user - not a programmer).
Richard Bowers.
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