2007/11/29, Adam James Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I see -- so even with my arithmetic error (which started as a tiny
> offset of 9/6319), we should expect Lily to render the score.
>
> I can see that if fractional relations get complex enough to require
> more precision than 32-bit values, there could be a problem.
>
> Is a possible solution to use 64-bit representation internally?

It's an option, but it's a stopgap measure.   The real solution is to
have a arbitrary precision arithmetic. GUILE already provides that,
but it would have a slight but noticeable performance impact.


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Han-Wen Nienhuys - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen


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