[vlc-devel] Lua extension and vlc.misc

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le mardi 28 février 2012 21:30:02 Jean-Baptiste Kempf, vous avez écrit :
> > Indeed. Since we do not expose general purpose functions to extensions,
> > extensions cannot access the file system regularly. So there is not much
> > practical use for VLC directories other than to invade the user privacy.
> 
> There are very valid uses, at least for cache, to store temporary files.

Well exactly... No. Currently, there are no agreement on whether/how to 
provide generic (non-VLC) API through Lua.

Besides, do we really want extensions to clutter the user cache directory? Our 
own track record is not that great... third parties are going to do worse.

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