[gmpi] Re: Reqs 3.8
- From: <Jarmo.Hiipakka@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 10:58:54 +0200
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> From: gmpi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gmpi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of ext Tim Hockin
> Sent: 10 December, 2003 06:15
> To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gmpi] Re: Reqs 3.8
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 08:59:11PM +1300, Jeff McClintock wrote:
> > OK, no one's very interested. Here's the simplest
> suggestion, to get the
> > ball rolling.
>
> I'm amazed. Our early fervor is gone, gone, gone.
>
> > The requirement is: Each GIMPI plugin supports only one
> sampletype. That
> > type is 'burned-in' via a compile-time setting.
> >
> > Example for illustration only...
> >
> > typedef float gimpi_sampletype;
>
> Do you mean EACH plugin or ALL plugins?
>
> I'd be perfectly fine saying that ALL gmpi plugins use float for IO.
> Period. Or I'd be ok saying that plugins can use on of N
> types (float,
> double, int24, for example) and the host has to manage that.
>
> But for the sake of pete, let's get moving! I had a funny
> dream where we
> actually finished the requirements THIS YEAR. Hahahaha. So
> much for that
> idea.
>
> All you people who think GMPI needs to treat non-FPU platforms as
> first-class citizens, speak up of forever shut your yaps. I
> personally want
> to see the GMPI spec say nothing more than "Platforms which
> do not support
> floating poitn data are not covered by GMPI. A derivative spec may be
> formed once GMPI is fully specified."
>
> No feature creep without representation.
>
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