23 Nov
2018
23 Nov
'18
7:56 p.m.
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 10:33:24PM +0500, Nikita Zlobin wrote:
In Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:18:01 +0000
Gordonjcp <gordonjcp(a)gjcp.net> wrote:
We don't need that much precision, we only have 10-bit ears.
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Gordonjcp
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 02:09:02PM +0100, Robin
Gareus wrote:
Let me note - it would be at least 32-bit int, since in 32bit float
significand is 23bit. On 11/23/2018 01:00 PM, Will Godfrey wrote:
[...]
Surely the answer is just to use 16-bit ints for everything, then...?
Thanks for going into this in such detail Robin.
I never realised
fp stuff could be *quite* so, umm, approximate!
Depending on context and the maths, the difference may not matter at
all, or may be off completely..