Nsound Data Types

When writing new features for Nsound, C++ typedefs are used to ensure the same bit width is used on all platforms. To see how these types are defined, look at the file src/Nsound/Nsound.h after running SCons.

If you are using the Python module, you won’t need to know anything about these data types.

Type	Description
boolean	The C++ bool type
int8	Integer (-128 to 127)
int16	Integer (-32768 to 32767)
int32	Integer (-2147483648 to 2147483647)
int64	Integer (9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807)
float32	Single precision float: sign bit, 8 bits exponent, 23 bits mantissa
float64	Double precision float: sign bit, 11 bits exponent, 52 bits mantissa
uint8	Unsigned integer (0 to 255)
uint16	Unsigned integer (0 to 65535)
uint32	Unsigned integer (0 to 4294967295)
uint64	Unsigned integer (0 to 18446744073709551615)