Description
So when iterating through different startframe values in fluid.bufampslice~ I noticed that when sending negative values for startframe, they get internally clamped to zero (this is good IMO). However, if you having a startframe + numframes that exceeds the duration of the file, you get a red error message plastered to the console.
This leads to inconsistent behavior where when programmatically moving through positions in a buffer one needs to be careful of the ending of the file, and not the beginning.
I get that what is being clamped is different (clamping startframe at zero (though not at the top end) vs having a numframes that exceeds the duration), but the UX is awkward as you have to be careful in one direction only.
IMO a more consistent behavior would be:
if ((startframe + numframes) > duration) {
numframes = duration - startframe;
carryOnWithAnalysis;
}
That way you can still analyze whatever you want programmatically without having to count samples at edge cases.
Example patch:
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