allow for fractional scaling of time durations

implemented as extension to the linear combinations.
I decided to use the same "always floor" rule
as employed for time quantisation. Moreover,
we don't support floating point, only rationals

src/lib/time/lumitime.cpp

@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@
 
 #include "lib/time/timevalue.hpp"
 #include "lib/time.h"
+#include "lib/util-quant.hpp"
 
 #include <limits>
 #include <string>
 #include <boost/rational.hpp>
 
 using std::string;
+using util::floordiv;
 
 
 namespace lib {
@@ -122,6 +124,16 @@ namespace time {
   }
   
   
+  Offset
+  operator* (boost::rational<int64_t> factor, Offset const& o)
+  {
+    boost::rational<int64_t> distance (_raw(o));
+    distance *= factor;
+    gavl_time_t microTicks = floordiv (distance.numerator(), distance.denominator());
+    return Offset(TimeValue(microTicks));
+  }
+  
+  
   /** offset by the given number of frames. */
   Offset::Offset (int64_t count, FrameRate const& fps)
     : TimeValue (count?  (count<0? -1:+1) * lumiera_framecount_to_time (::abs(count), fps)

src/lib/time/timevalue.hpp

@@ -223,6 +223,13 @@ namespace time {
     return Offset(distance);
   }
   
+  template<typename INT>
+  inline Offset
+  operator* (Offset const& distance, INT factor)
+  {
+    return factor*distance;
+  }
+  
   inline Offset
   operator* (int factor, Offset const& o)
   {
@@ -231,12 +238,12 @@ namespace time {
     return Offset(distance);
   }
   
-  inline Offset
+  /** stretch offset by a possibly fractional factor */
-  operator* (Offset const& distance, int factor)
+  Offset
-  {
+  operator* (boost::rational<int64_t> factor, Offset const& o);
-    return factor*distance;
-  }
   
+  
+  /** flip offset direction */
   inline Offset
   Offset::operator- ()  const
   {
@@ -365,14 +372,16 @@ namespace time {
     return Offset(base) + Offset(toAdd);
   }
   
+  template<typename INT>
   inline Offset
-  operator* (int factor, Duration const& dur)
+  operator* (INT factor, Duration const& dur)
   {
     return factor * Offset(dur);
   }
   
+  template<typename INT>
   inline Offset
-  operator* (Duration const& dur, int factor)
+  operator* (Duration const& dur, INT factor)
   {
     return factor*dur;
   }

tests/lib/time/time-value-test.cpp

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ namespace test{
           buildTimeSpan (ref);
           compareTimeSpan (Time(ref));
           relateTimeIntervals (ref);
+          verify_fractionalOffset();
         } 
       
       
@@ -286,6 +287,28 @@ namespace test{
         }
       
       
+      void
+      verify_fractionalOffset ()
+        {
+          typedef boost::rational<int64_t> Frac;
+          
+          Duration three (TimeValue(3));       // three micro seconds
+          
+          Offset o1 = Frac(1,2) * three;
+          CHECK (o1 > Time::ZERO);
+          CHECK (o1 == TimeValue(1));          // bias towards the next lower micro grid position
+          
+          Offset o2 = -Frac(1,2) * three;
+          CHECK (o2 < Time::ZERO);
+          CHECK (o2 == TimeValue(-2));
+          
+          CHECK (three * Frac(1,2) * 2 != three);
+          CHECK (three *(Frac(1,2) * 2) == three);
+          // integral arithmetics is precise,
+          // but not necessarily exact!
+        }
+      
+      
       void
       buildTimeSpan (TimeValue org)
         {