[gmpi] Re: Topic 6: Time representation

> The straightforward thing to do is to represent musical time, which is a real 
> number, with one of the builtin data types that C/C++ provides for real 
> numbers, i.e. float or double. Doubles should probably be used to guarantee 
> enough precision. The unit should be a traditional one, either beats or 
> measures, rather than an artifical technical construct like the tick. I would 
> vote for beats.

Disagree - this is not the sort of thing the end musician cares about, but
it IS the sort of thing that impacts the code.

A tick is the hosts finest level of granularity.  This abstraction allows
for hosts to have very fine or very coarse accuracy, depending on the needs
of the situation.

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