[gmpi] Re: Topic 6: Time representation
- From: "Frederick Umminger" <Frederick_Umminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 13:00:05 -0700
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Hockin [mailto:thockin@xxxxxxxxxx]
>>
>> Well, I think that time should be a signed 64 bit int, so you can
>> represent negative offsets and such. The extra 1 bit of range doesn't
>> add too much.
>>
>
>That pre-supposes that we use offsets, which I disagree with :) I think
>timestamps should be unsigned and wrapping should be handled cleanly in
>macros. There is no such thing as negative time.
There may be no negative time, but there will be negative time differences.
Performing arithmetic on times will be a lot easier and less error-prone if
signed numbers are used.
-Frederick Umminger
DISCLAIMER: Nothing I say on this list represents any official view of
Digidesign.
I am speaking only as an interested individual.
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