[LV2] Bikeshed: Conventional names for event control ports

[David Robillard]

On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 17:20 -0600, Gabriel Beddingfield wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 2:56 PM, David Robillard <d at drobilla.net> wrote:
> > Perhaps "command" and "response"?  Being a functional nerd I don't like
> > the imperativeness of "command" so much, a "response" is quite a bit
> > more narrow than it should be (such a port can emit much more than just
> > responses) but this is the best I can come up with.
> 
> Yeah, I think "command" is the best option.
> 
> Instead of "response," how about "announce" or "broadcast"

"announce" is pretty good, but "response" pairs with "command" better.
I am currently using "notify" as a good middle ground that's a bit less
specific.

The least semantically overloaded option would be simply "receive" and
"send".  It's probably unlikely that *all* plugins use these names for
their main event ports, though (e.g. for some the input one is simply
"input"), so maybe being a bit semantically specific is okay...

-dr
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