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The concern is that a massive int sample, like 0x7FFFFFFF, won't fit in a float32, which doesn't have enough bits to hold a whole number this large, just to divide it to get a value between 0 and 1. Previously we would convert to double, to get more bits, do the division, and cast back to a float, but this is expensive. Casting to double is more accurate, but it's 2x to 3x slower. Shifting out the least significant byte of an int32, so it'll definitely fit in a float, and dividing by 0x7FFFFF is still accurate to about 5 decimal places, and the difference doesn't appear to be perceptable.
Simple DirectMedia Layer
(SDL)
Version 2.0
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https://www.libsdl.org/
Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform development library designed
to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics
hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D. It is used by video playback software,
emulators, and popular games including Valve's award winning catalog
and many Humble Bundle games.
More extensive documentation is available in the docs directory, starting
with README.md
Enjoy!
Sam Lantinga (slouken@libsdl.org)