Re: [alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Toward a modularizationofaudio component

[Paul Davis]

>An audio component may treat only *one* format, nothing force it to
>handle all.

In your model Abramo, what will happen if someone writes a 16bit,
interleaved stereo component and tries to use it with an engine that
uses 32bit non-interleaved float?  Will there be an error, or just
silent data format conversion?