On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:54 PM, FND <f...@gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> why is it good practice for plugins to check if they've already been
>> loaded? (if version.extensions.....) { } at the top of most plugins)
>
> Cargo-culting.
> This doesn't actually solve any useful purpose AFAICT. I'm not sure
> where it originates, but I don't include those bits in my plugins
> anymore (though I haven't gotten around to removing it from all existing
> plugins yet).
>Funny as I do it all the time, and I don't think I'm the only one. Does this mean I shouldn't be using "version.extensions....." at all? Thanks Eric for going through the scenarios. The probability is so low that a plugins would appear twice, and exponentially lower that it would actually have any more effect than the performance overhead of loading twice, that it does seem unnecessary. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
