[PD] writing soundfiles (was Re: (no subject))

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, martin.peach at sympatico.ca wrote:

> 16777215 ,aka (2^24) - 1, is the last sequential integer that can be 
> accurately represented by a 32-bit float,

Starting with 16777216, only even numbers are representable, but 16777216 
is an even number, so 16777216 is the last sequential integer that can be 
accurately represented by a 32-bit float.

> the kind used in pd, so the 99999999 in the message, which pd processes 
> as a 32-bit float, would probably end up as another value.

It would *certainly* become 100000000 exactly, because representable 
numbers in that range are only multiples of 8, and 100000000 is the 
closest one.

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