int vs float (was Re: [OSC_dev] Re: OSC_dev Digest, Vol 45, Issue 1)

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

hi.

i changed the subject.
"list digest, vol#x, issue #y" is only slightly better than "(no 
subject)" imho.

L Wieder wrote:

> "/pan/stereo 0." for centre sounds good but then the negative values 
> would have to be used for panning left. That's what I wanted to avoid, I 
> wanted to use the positive side for absolute values and the whole range 
> for relative changes to be able to access every point with a relative 
> change.

hmm, do you mean a semantic disambiguation based on the range of a value?

why not use the whole range for relative changes AND the whole range for 
absolute values.

just because values are absolute (non-relative), does not mean they have 
to be absolute (as in abs(x))

mfga.sdr
IOhannes