2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/zexy.c b/src/zexy.c
index 6ff8261..aca440d 100644
--- a/src/zexy.c
+++ b/src/zexy.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "zexy.h"
 #include "z_zexy.h"
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
 /* do a little help thing */
 
@@ -144,3 +145,16 @@ void zexy_setup(void)
 
   zexy_register("zexy");
 }
+
+void verbose(int level, const char *fmt, ...){
+  char buf[MAXPDSTRING];
+  va_list ap;
+  t_int arg[8];
+  int i;
+ 
+  va_start(ap, fmt);
+  vsnprintf(buf, MAXPDSTRING-1, fmt, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+
+  post("zverbose(%d): %s", level, buf);
+}
diff --git a/src/zexy.h b/src/zexy.h
index a27b051..091fd5e 100644
--- a/src/zexy.h
+++ b/src/zexy.h
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ static void zexy_register(char*object){object=0;}
  * btw, this finally makes zexy binary incompatible with older version
  */
 # define z_verbose verbose
+
+/* when compiling zexy as library, we also provide now provide a dummy verbose() function,
+ * which will chime in, when pd is lacking one
+ * this should make zexy binary compatible with older pd versions again
+ */
+void verbose(int level, const char *fmt, ...);
 #else
 /* 
  * this might not work on compilers other than gcc