Re: Getting beam subdivision working

[David Kastrup]

Dan Eble <dan@lyric.works> writes:

> On Jun 16, 2023, at 19:13, Jason Yip <sripedia_getpgrp@slmail.me> wrote:
>> 
>> minSubdivideInterval and maxSubdivideInterval. They are both
>> Rationals. Their numerator and denominator must be a power of 2. For
>> each power of 2 (including negative powers of 2 of course)

That's redundant.  It just means minSubdivideInterval and
maxSubdivideInterval must be an integral power of 2 (including
negative).

>> between those two values, the beam can be subdivided by that
>> interval. minSubdivideInterval can be 0 for no minimum limit,
>> maxSubdivideInterval can be infinity for no maximum limit.
>
> Setting the representation aside, is the following another way of
> describing what you have in mind?
>
> * These properties are independently optional.
> * The allowed values are integer powers of two (including negative powers).

That sounds like it would make more sense to specify those values in the
form of a "duration log", like the first argument to a ly:make-duration
call.

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David Kastrup