Hi,

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Luca Barbato <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 16/12/11 02:03, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
>
>> From: "Ronald S. Bultje"<[email protected]>
>>
>> For certain types of filters where the intermediate sum of coefficients
>> can go above the fixed-point equivalent of 1.0 in the middle of a filter,
>> the sum of a 31-bit calculation can overflow in both directions and can
>> thus not be represented in a 32-bit signed or unsigned integer. To work
>> around this, we subtract 0x40000000 from a signed integer base, so that
>> we're halfway signed/unsigned, which makes it fit even if it overflows.
>> After the filter finishes, we add the scaled bias back after a shift.
>>
>> We use the same trick for 16-bit bpc YUV output routines.
>> ---
>>
>
> Since I hate magic numbers w/out a name what about using
>
> BIAS and BIAS_SHIFTED or something similar?
>

The values (not the 0x40000000, but the 0x10000) change per use depending
on their use afterwards... So a macro doesn't help much. As long as it's
commented, it should be OK.

Ronald
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