I think it would be super nice if PD could have a 32 bit integer datatype. (I realize there would be a lot of underlying complexity)
- Some quantities are naturally reals/floats
(voltages, instantaneous sound pressure levels)
- Other quantities are naturally integers
(counters, memory addresses).
IMO trying to force single-precision floats to represent numbers which the programmer knows will always be integers, is like banging a square peg into a round hole.
A much simpler approach would be to allow for an integer data type.
Yes, then you have to solve the problem of how you handle conversions (connect an integer outlet to a float inlet, etc).
It would probably require a major architecture change.
I just want to throw this out there...
Perl has something Larry Wall calls "transmogrification". In Perl, there is just a single Scalar data type, which can be internally represented as a string, float, or integer.
The Perl interpreter tries to infer from the context whether to represent the value as an integer or a float.
Just something to consider...
BH
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On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 6:29 PM Sebastian Shader via Pd-list < pd-list@lists.iem.at> wrote:
Is the reason that the "offset" inlet isn't a signal inlet mainly for performance in most use-cases? Because if it were it seems like users could give 32-bit floats to both inlets, and have them added as doubles internally?
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