Re: [linux-audio-dev] Converting float to int

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Converting float to int
From: D. Stimits (stimits_AT_idcomm.com)
Date: Wed Oct 31 2001 - 00:25:25 EET

Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
>
> Steve Harris wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 04:27:38PM -0700, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > That's the minimum acceptable limit. It's actually
> > > implementation-dependent; on Intel (quickly looking at
> > > /usr/include/limits.h), it's -32768 and 32767 as you'd expect.
> >
>
> apologies for what's probably a stupid question, but what exactly
> does "clamping" mean ?

Keeping a value between specific limits. Often between 0.0 and 1.0
floating point (at least under OpenGL). It doesn't fully normalize it,
it just limits range.

D. Stimits, stimits_AT_idcomm.com

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