Hi
As I was studying the audio code (specifically CombFilter), I noticed judicious use of the following macro:
#if (JUCE_INTEL && JUCE_32BIT) || defined (DOXYGEN)
/** This macro can be applied to a float variable to check whether it contains a denormalised
value, and to normalise it if necessary.
On CPUs that aren't vulnerable to denormalisation problems, this will have no effect.
*/
#define JUCE_UNDENORMALISE(x) x += 1.0f; x -= 1.0f;
#else
#define JUCE_UNDENORMALISE(x)
#endif
I didn’t quite get what was going on here so I searched around and educated myself on denormal floating point numbers:
So now I know what problem Jule’s macro is fixing but I don’t get how adding and subtracting 1.0 turns a denormal number into a normal one. Can someone enlighten me please?
Thanks!