AVS scripting language?

[crazycomputers]

I think turning AVS from a collection of filters into a scripting language would be awesome.

It could support the filters as separate functions, use variables, loops, etc. For example, the syntax for SuperScope would be:

Render->SuperScope("n=800","","","x=i*2-1;y=v");

Variables would be interpolated into "" strings, etc. You could also programmatically create new buffers, mix different buffers into a new one: (Omitting a buffer assumes the global buffer, the one that is displayed when the script reaches the end.)

$buf=new Buffer; #create new buffers
$buft=new Buffer;
#render in each buffer
$buf->Render->SuperScope("n=800","","","x=i*2-1;y=v");
$buft->Render->SuperScope("n=800","","","y=i*2-1;x=v");
#blend them together into the main buffer
Blend('50/50',$buf,$buft);

Writing presets would be much more complex, but amazing things could be done with it.

This would have to be implemented in AVS for Winamp2, because I think Winamp3's AVS is wayyyy to slow.