[PD] [OT] "processing" application

[Martin Peach]

IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> Martin Peach wrote:
>> Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
>>> I was only talking about single precision floats, because that's the 
>>> only thing that PureData supports today.
>> Internally pd uses doubles, for example in osc~.c. A double works just 
> ??
>
It really is hard for me to write unambiguous prose. I meant to say that 
the c language code that most of pd is written in occasionally uses 
doubles as well as floats, although it does not use doubles (or even 
integers) in its public interface.

Martin

> pd's type for a numeric value is "t_float" (which is usually a 32bit 
> "float")
> pd's type for sample values is "t_sample" (which is usually a 32bit 
> "float")
>
> see m_pd.h for more information.
>
> mf.adr
> IOhannes
>
> PS: if some object or another "internally" (this is: within the 
> object's personal world) uses "double" (or "struct arrayscheiss") is 
> not to be confused with what pd (as interpreter) uses "internally" 
> (this is: for communication between several objects.)
>
> PPS: if only objects (externals/internals) would use "t_float" and 
> esp. "t_sample" throughout...
>