Ftload works, ftloadk not - why?

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#1

I have problems converting a Csound instrument from using ftload to ftloadk and ran into problems. A minimal example is here: ftload_test – Google Drive

If I run ftload-test.csd it works as expected rewriting table 1 which was initially length 2048 from file BWV_639.taps. The new length is 287 taken from what is in the file header. The value is printed 10 times at k-time:

i 1 time 0.00000: 287.00000
i 1 time 1.00000: 287.00000
i 1 time 2.00000: 287.00000
i 1 time 3.00000: 287.00000
i 1 time 4.00000: 287.00000
i 1 time 5.00000: 287.00000
i 1 time 6.00000: 287.00000
i 1 time 7.00000: 287.00000
i 1 time 8.00000: 287.00000
i 1 time 9.00000: 287.00000

In ftloadk-test.csd I just replaced ftload by ftloadk (with the additional argument ktrig set to 1). I would expect that it now reads the file ten times and outputs 10 times 287 again. But the output is

i 1 time 0.00000: 2048.00000
Deferred-size ftable 1.000000 load not available at perf time.

So in the first k-cycle it (maybe) read the file but did not change the length of the table. And in the second k-cycle it even crashes (with a message I could not find in the documentation).

Does anyone have experience with ftloadk or even have a functioning example of ftloadk loading tables of variable size?

#2

hi reiner -

i tried your example and had the same behaviour as you describe.

after the error message, it reports a segmentation fault.

so i think something is wrong with ftloadk.

perhaps file a bug?

best -

joachim

#3

Dear Joachim,
I wasn’t sure whether this is really a bug or just that I don’t understand the i-pass/k-pass logic completely. But now I will file a bug report.
Best,
Reiner