[PD] [PD-announce] Pd 0.51-0 test 1 released

[Christof Ressi]

Hi Hans,

it means that Pd can be compiled -DPD_FLOATSIZE=64, so it will use 
64-bit doubles instead of 32-bit floats everywhere, and all built-in 
objects should still work as expected.

This has advantages (better precision/stability for certain filters, 
large precise table indicies, etc.) and possible disadvantages (needs 
more memory, some code paths might be a bit slower).

Currently, we only ship the good old single precision builds, but people 
can compile double precision builds from source for themselves to 
experiment with.

Christof

On 29.05.2020 08:58, hans w. koch wrote:
> excited about that release, thanks to all involved!
>
>> * maybe mention that Pd is now double precision ready?
> what does that exactly mean? is it in, but not enabled or is it a subset?
> ( certainly its not a marketing scam as these tv sets labeled “HD ready” :-)
>
> thanks for clarification,
>
> hans