[PD] pd double precision

[Lucas Cordiviola]

@porres Pd-ceammc builds Pd and their externals (for double) using 
default file extension.

@christof Deken is prepared for that. 
"vstplugin~[v0.5.3](Windows-amd64-32).dek". See the last -32 should be 
-64 for double.



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On 11/26/2021 1:17 PM, Christof Ressi wrote:
>
>> As I see it, one can already build FAT externals if they want to.
> No, you can't. I think you're confusing this with fat binaries on 
> macOS containing different architectures (which is not related).
>
> At the moment, there is just no "official" strategy how to handle 
> double precision externals. Of course, you can compile externals 
> -DPD_FLOATSIZE=64, but how do you install them next to single 
> precision externals? How should they be managed by Deken? These are 
> all still open questions at the moment. There are various possible 
> solutions, but no consensus.
>
> On the other hand, we *could* release double precision Pd without 
> official support for externals. I'm just not sure if this is a good 
> idea... Personally, think we should first stabilize the API/ABI.
>
> Christof
>
> On 26.11.2021 17:02, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
>>
>>
>> Em sex., 26 de nov. de 2021 às 10:50, Christof Ressi 
>> <info at christofressi.com> escreveu:
>>
>>     @Lucarda Thanks for the link!
>>
>>     There is some more discussion in the linked issue:
>>     https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/900
>>
>>     @porres As you can see, there are practical problems which need
>>     to be
>>     solved before making it official.
>>
>>
>> I don't really get what is the issue though. As I see it, one can 
>> already build FAT externals if they want to. The fact that none (or 
>> very few) libraries are available or will be shouldn't be an actual 
>> concern as well, as I consider that this is a third party issue. If 
>> Pd Vanilla nicely fully runs in double precision, that should grant 
>> its release as a package binary out there so people can start 
>> fiddling with it, even though they're not using externals.
>>
>> What I consider more proper is updating the documentation to tell the 
>> difference and also different behaviour of a particular object 
>> (specially array objects like [tabread4~]), but that can easily be 
>> done and I can take care of that.
>> I mean, Pd-ceammc has already been shipping itself with double 
>> precision binaries and I understand they're just using vanilla's 
>> core, no code changes.
>>
>> Discussions on new strategies to build external libraries can happen 
>> later and for a next release. And will probably get more traction 
>> once the double precision beast is out of the cage.
>>
>> What am I missing? What doesn't make sense here?
>>
>> cheers
>>
>>
>>     Anyway, I think it's a good idea to start discussing this again
>>     *after*
>>     Pd 0.52 has been released as there are still enough issues that
>>     need our
>>     attention :-)
>>
>>     Christof
>>
>>     On 26.11.2021 13:04, Lucas Cordiviola wrote:
>>     >
>>     > On 11/26/2021 8:48 AM, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
>>     >> Can you pinpoint the issue? what do we have to decide on
>>     externals?
>>     >>
>>     >> ceammc already offers a double precision download for vanilla, I
>>     >> would also like to start providing my externals for that too
>>     >> (cyclone/ELSE).
>>     >>
>>     >> What do I need to do?
>>     >>
>>     >> cheers
>>     >>
>>     >
>>     > https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/902
>>     >
>>     >
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