On Jan 4, 2013 10:51 PM, "Marek Klein" <ma...@gregoriana.sk> wrote: > > Hello, > > 2013/1/4 Colin Hall <colingh...@gmail.com> >> >> 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.
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