[PD] readsf~ harddisc access

[Johannes Burström]

derek holzer wrote:

>
> You might examine other possibilities as well. One big one is if you 
> have a Pentium 4 processor. I've been fighting with CPU spikes in PD 
> for a very long time now, and often find them related to denormal 
> numbers. These are numbers very close to absolute zero, but not quite 
> there, and are characterized by an extremely long series of digits 
> after the decimal point, and which kick a P4 CPU into extremely slow 
> and accurate mode. I found the problem to be much worse under Linux, 
> but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist under windoze.
>
So, i've read some of the previous postings on this, and it surely 
sounds like that has happened to me. I read a tip about adding noise to 
critical sections of the patch, but can't really figure out how much and 
in what kind of situations. It would be great to see a patch which does 
this.

Otherwise, does anyone have any other practical tips in how to design a 
patch to make it immune against the slow and accurate mode?

thanks!
Johannes