Re: Problem with scaled durations

[Colin Hall]

On Jan 4, 2013 10:51 PM, "Marek Klein" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> 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

Thanks, Marek.

Cheers,
Colin.