[linux-audio-dev] Blockless processing

[David Olofson]

On Friday 13 December 2002 12.32, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:27:07 +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> > Sort by dependencies... But is there any obvious way of dealing
> > with feedback loops, or do you explicitly have to specify where
> > you want the delay? Maybe there should just be a way of hinting
> > delay sensitive connections for when you actually have problems?
>
> Yes, I would maybe do what pd does and execute the modules in
> layout order. Though I think pd goes right to left and bottom to
> top, which seems backwards. Maybe I've remebered it wrong.

Well, the *dependencies* are in the reverse order, in relation to the 
processing... (Not that I know if pd worries about dependencies at 
all. :-)


> If you
> know that is happening you can layout the graph so it will execute
> correctly.
>
> Alternativly just order them by placement sequence (though users
> find that confusing apparently ;) or sort by dependencies and pick
> somewhere at random for the delay.

And if you can do the latter, you could pick the specified connecton 
instead of some random place.


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