[devel] Make the 16-to-8 scaling accurate. Dividing by 256 with no rounding is

wrong (high by one) 25% of the time. Dividing by 257 with rounding is
    wrong in 128 out of 65536 cases. Getting the right answer all the time
    without division is easy.
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John Bowler
2011-06-10 23:24:58 -05:00
committed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson
parent cc2770850a
commit b2bee3374c
12 changed files with 81 additions and 55 deletions

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@@ -346,12 +346,15 @@ option INCH_CONVERSIONS
option BUILD_GRAYSCALE_PALETTE
# This is no longer used - the scaling is always accurate - but the definition
# is left in for older applications (including pngvalid) that check it. Do not
# turn it off!
option READ_16_TO_8_ACCURATE_SCALE requires READ
# IN DEVELOPMENT
# These are currently experimental features, define them if you want
# These are currently experimental features; define them if you want
# Very little testing, not enabled by default.
option READ_16_TO_8_ACCURATE_SCALE requires READ disabled
# NOTHING HERE
# WRITE options