Re: Problem with scaled durations

[Marek Klein]

Hello,

2013/1/4 Colin Hall <address@hidden>

> Oscar has run into a known issue with the limited precision of
> Rational in Lilypond.
>
> Although David is correct that this issue can crop up in many places
> it makes sense to follow Trevor's suggestion and warn future users who
> may end up with the same issue encountered by Oscar.
>
> Also, we need a tracker to have the C++ rational replaced with a
> Scheme implementation with unlimited precision. I had a look on the
> tracker:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=2&q=rational
>
> There does not seem to be an existing issue tracker for this.
>
> So, I suggest a tracker for the documentation enhancement, and another
> to capture the idea of replacing the existing C++ rational
> implementation with an arbitrary precision implementation. That second
> tracker may trigger a debate about performance but I'd prefer that
> took place on the tracker rather than here on the bug list.
>

Here are the issues:
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3084
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3085

Marek
bug squad member