Hi Adam, i think one shouldn't rely on the input and output pointers to be the same. I would rather suggest that you test whether they are different, in this case copy the input to the output and then do your in-place operation on the output vectors. In my externals i tend to use algorithms that adapt to an in-place (in and out are equal) or out-of-place (in and out are different) situation.
greetings, Thomas
But more importantly, how do I pass these pointers to enforce an in-place computation on the part of the signal processing network? Should I do something that looks "wrong," like:
void inPlace_dsp(t_inPlace *x, t_signal **sp) { dsp_add(inPlace_perform, 4, x, sp[0]->s_vec, sp[0]->s_vec, sp[0]->s_n); // in and out are the same }
t_int *inPlace_perform(t_int *w) { t_inPlace *x = (t_inPlace *)(w[1]); t_sample *in = (t_sample *)(w[2]); t_sample *out = (t_sample *)(w[2]); int n = (int)(w[3]); /* etc... */ return (w+6); }
Thanks for the help, adam