[PD] counter question

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
martin.peach at sympatico.ca hat gesagt: // martin.peach at sympatico.ca wrote:

> Derek Holzer wrote:
> > If I use a simple counter structure that continues to generate a number 
> > from [f] & [+1] at every bang, and use [mod] to keep that number within 
> > certain bounds, then eventually it will require more and more memory to 
> > hold the number coming from [f], right? Is this a potential memory leak, 
> > or is there a cap to how much memory it will hold?
> 
> A float always uses 4 bytes. When the number gets too big, mod won't work properly because the number it's working on won't be accurate. It won't ever use any more memory.
> But if you use the output of [mod] to reset the float, it will never be a problem because the float will never get larger than the output of [mod].

Attached are three variants of the mod-counter. I think, the last one
is the best.

Ciao
-- 
 Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
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