Hi list,
It looks like the mrpeach [packOSC] external converts Pd floats to OSC integers
if the float value is equal to the float value cast to an int. From the source
code:
/* It might be an int, a float, or a string */
switch (a->a_type)
{
case A_FLOAT:
f = atom_getfloat(a);
i = atom_getint(a);
if (f == (t_float)i)
{ /* assume that if the int and float are the same, it's an int */
returnVal.type = INT_osc;
Implicitly converting floats to integers based on an arbitrary rule seems a bad
idea to me. Why bother making the conversion? Why not send floats as floats?
It's certainly going to cause problems for some clients. For example, if the
client is expecting floats on a given OSC address, it may get:
0.5 -> float
1.0 -> int ???
1.5 -> float
Which may result in dropped values or other anomalies.
I am happy to send a code patch if people agree that this is a bug or at least
bad design...
best,
Jamie
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