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truce_core/
chunked_process.rs

1//! Sample-accurate parameter-dependent chunking.
2//!
3//! Splits a host audio block into sub-blocks at the
4//! `sample_offset` of every `ParamChange` (for chunkable parameters)
5//! and every `Transport` event, calling `plugin.process()` once per
6//! sub-block. `set_plain` for parameter events is deferred to the
7//! sub-block boundary where the event actually sits, so smoothers
8//! see `set_target` at the right sample instead of at sample 0 of
9//! the whole audio block.
10//!
11//! Every format wrapper routes its `process()` call through
12//! [`process_chunked`]. On formats whose host events all carry
13//! `sample_offset = 0` (VST2, AAX, LV2 in v1, AU until ramp decoding
14//! lands) the loop runs once per block and the splitting machinery
15//! is inert.
16
17use truce_params::{ParamFlags, ParamInfo, Params};
18
19use crate::buffer::AudioBuffer;
20use crate::config::ProcessMode;
21use crate::events::{Event, EventBody, EventList, TransportInfo};
22use crate::plugin::PluginRuntime;
23use crate::process::{ProcessContext, ProcessStatus};
24use crate::sample::Sample;
25
26/// Inputs to [`process_chunked`].
27///
28/// Bundled into a struct because the call has eight load-bearing
29/// references plus a couple of value fields and a positional argument
30/// list at that width is unreadable at the call site (every wrapper
31/// would invent its own helper). Construct one per `process()` call.
32pub struct ChunkedProcess<'a> {
33    /// Sorted, block-rate event stream from the host (param changes,
34    /// transport changes, MIDI). The chunker walks this once forward;
35    /// it does not mutate the list.
36    pub events: &'a EventList,
37    /// Per-instance scratch list pre-allocated to the same capacity
38    /// as `events`. Used to hold the per-sub-block rebased view of
39    /// `events`; `clear()`-ed at the start of every sub-block so the
40    /// backing `Vec` capacity is preserved across blocks. Wrappers
41    /// hold this alongside their input / output event lists.
42    pub sub_event_scratch: &'a mut EventList,
43    /// Initial transport snapshot for the block. Mutated in place
44    /// as the chunker walks past `EventBody::Transport` events; the
45    /// per-sub-block `ProcessContext` reads from this so the plugin
46    /// sees the right tempo / position for the sub-block it's in.
47    pub transport: &'a mut TransportInfo,
48    /// Host sample rate, plumbed through to each per-sub-block
49    /// `ProcessContext`.
50    pub sample_rate: f64,
51    /// Live processing mode for this block, stamped onto every
52    /// per-sub-block `ProcessContext`. Wrappers read it from the host
53    /// each block (VST3 `processMode`, LV2 freewheel port) or cache it
54    /// from a set-once callback (CLAP / AU).
55    pub process_mode: ProcessMode,
56    /// Plugin's outbound event queue. The chunker re-bases outbound
57    /// events back to block-relative coordinates before the wrapper
58    /// hands them to the host: the plugin pushes events with
59    /// sub-block-relative offsets, the chunker shifts them by the
60    /// sub-block's start sample.
61    pub output_events: &'a mut EventList,
62    /// Optional read-side params closure plumbed through to each
63    /// per-sub-block `ProcessContext`. Same shape as
64    /// `ProcessContext::with_params`.
65    pub params_fn: Option<&'a dyn Fn(u32) -> f64>,
66    /// Optional meter-write closure plumbed through likewise.
67    pub meters_fn: Option<&'a dyn Fn(u32, f32)>,
68    /// Static param metadata - the chunker keys `is_chunked(id)`
69    /// off `ParamFlags::CHUNKED` here. Wrappers cache this once
70    /// when the plugin instantiates (via
71    /// [`Params::param_infos_static`]) and pass the same slice on
72    /// every block.
73    pub param_infos: &'a [ParamInfo],
74    /// Minimum sub-block size in samples. From
75    /// [`crate::info::AutomationConfig::min_subblock_samples`].
76    /// Events whose `sample_offset` falls within
77    /// `min_subblock_samples` of the current sub-block start are
78    /// coalesced into that sub-block's leading `apply_pending_events`
79    /// batch instead of triggering a split.
80    pub min_subblock_samples: u32,
81}
82
83/// Walk the audio block in sub-block chunks, calling
84/// `plugin.process()` once per chunk with the events that land in
85/// `[block_start, block_end)` rebased to sub-block-relative offsets.
86///
87/// Returns the `ProcessStatus` returned by the *last* sub-block; for
88/// `Tail(N)` the plugin's own clock is the authority, so propagating
89/// the last call's value is the cheapest correct rule.
90///
91/// Allocation-free: the rebased event list lives in
92/// `sub_event_scratch` (capacity preserved across calls) and the
93/// audio buffer sub-views are zero-copy via
94/// [`AudioBuffer::slice`].
95pub fn process_chunked<S, P>(
96    plugin: &mut P,
97    params: &dyn Params,
98    buffer: &mut AudioBuffer<S>,
99    args: ChunkedProcess<'_>,
100) -> ProcessStatus
101where
102    S: Sample,
103    P: PluginRuntime<Sample = S>,
104{
105    let ChunkedProcess {
106        events,
107        sub_event_scratch,
108        transport,
109        sample_rate,
110        process_mode,
111        output_events,
112        params_fn,
113        meters_fn,
114        param_infos,
115        min_subblock_samples,
116    } = args;
117
118    let total = buffer.num_samples();
119    let mut block_start = 0usize;
120    let mut event_idx = 0usize;
121    let mut last_status = ProcessStatus::Normal;
122    // Sample offset the current `transport` snapshot's position is anchored
123    // to. Starts at the block top; a `Transport` event re-anchors it to
124    // that split (the host-provided snapshot already carries the position
125    // at that offset), so a sub-block advances only from the last anchor.
126    let mut transport_anchor = 0usize;
127    // Floor at 1: a sub-block can't be shorter than one sample, so 0
128    // and 1 both mean "split at every event". Without the floor, an
129    // event sitting exactly on `block_start` (e.g. a Transport at
130    // offset 0, which every wrapper pushes) yields `block_end ==
131    // block_start`, a zero-length sub-block, and a `while block_start
132    // < total` loop that never advances - hanging the audio thread.
133    let min_sub = (min_subblock_samples as usize).max(1);
134
135    // Paranoid allocation check (the `rt-paranoid` feature): one section
136    // spanning the whole per-host-block run, so it covers not just the
137    // plugin's `process` but the framework glue around it - event
138    // dispatch / rebasing, sub-block slicing, output re-basing - which
139    // all run on the audio thread and must be allocation-free too. No-op
140    // and zero-sized when the feature is off. This is the single site
141    // every format wrapper and the test driver route through.
142    let _rt = crate::rt::RtSection::enter();
143
144    while block_start < total {
145        // Find the next split-eligible event at or past
146        // `block_start + min_sub`. Anything before that coalesces
147        // into this sub-block's leading apply batch.
148        let coalesce_until = block_start.saturating_add(min_sub).min(total);
149        let next_split = find_next_split(events, param_infos, event_idx, coalesce_until);
150        let block_end = next_split.map_or(total, |(s, _)| s.min(total));
151
152        // Apply every event with sample_offset < block_end that's
153        // still pending. This is the deferred `set_plain` call that
154        // wrappers used to make eagerly at block start, plus
155        // transport-snapshot updates for `EventBody::Transport`.
156        // Advances `event_idx` past everything consumed.
157        if apply_pending_events(events, params, transport, &mut event_idx, block_end) {
158            // A transport event refreshed the snapshot at this boundary,
159            // so its position already reflects `block_start`.
160            transport_anchor = block_start;
161        }
162
163        // Rebase the in-window events into the scratch list with
164        // sub-block-relative `sample_offset`s. ParamChange entries
165        // get included so plugins that key off them (synths reading
166        // ParamMod, plugins logging) see them at the right time
167        // even though the wrapper has already applied them. Note
168        // events / SysEx get included with rebased offsets.
169        rebase_events_into(events, sub_event_scratch, block_start, block_end);
170
171        let mut sub_buffer = buffer.slice(block_start, block_end - block_start);
172        let sub_output_start = output_events.len();
173
174        // Advance the playhead to this sub-block's start so a plugin that
175        // re-derives phase from the transport sees the right position.
176        let sub_transport =
177            advance_transport(transport, block_start - transport_anchor, sample_rate);
178        let mut ctx = ProcessContext::new(
179            &sub_transport,
180            sample_rate,
181            block_end - block_start,
182            output_events,
183        )
184        .with_process_mode(process_mode);
185        if let Some(f) = params_fn {
186            ctx = ctx.with_params(f);
187        }
188        if let Some(f) = meters_fn {
189            ctx = ctx.with_meters(f);
190        }
191
192        last_status = plugin.process(&mut sub_buffer, sub_event_scratch, &mut ctx);
193
194        // Re-base any events the plugin pushed during this sub-block
195        // back into block-relative coordinates so the wrapper's
196        // per-event encode loop sees host-block-rate timings.
197        rebase_output_events(output_events, sub_output_start, block_start);
198
199        block_start = block_end;
200    }
201
202    last_status
203}
204
205/// Return the index of the next split-eligible event at sample
206/// `offset >= min_offset`, along with that sample offset.
207///
208/// "Split-eligible" = a `ParamChange` or mono `ParamMod` targeting a
209/// `ParamFlags::CHUNKED` parameter, or any `Transport` event. Note
210/// events (`NoteOn` / `NoteOff` / CC / etc.) don't split; they ride
211/// inside whichever sub-block they fall into via `rebase_events_into`.
212/// Polyphonic mod (`note_id != -1`) doesn't split either - it's a
213/// per-voice offset and subdividing the audio block doesn't help.
214fn find_next_split(
215    events: &EventList,
216    param_infos: &[ParamInfo],
217    from: usize,
218    min_offset: usize,
219) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
220    for (i, ev) in events.iter().enumerate().skip(from) {
221        let offset = ev.sample_offset as usize;
222        if offset < min_offset {
223            continue;
224        }
225        if is_split_event(&ev.body, param_infos) {
226            return Some((offset, i));
227        }
228    }
229    None
230}
231
232fn is_split_event(body: &EventBody, param_infos: &[ParamInfo]) -> bool {
233    match body {
234        EventBody::ParamChange { id, .. }
235        | EventBody::ParamMod {
236            id, note_id: -1, ..
237        } => is_chunked(*id, param_infos),
238        EventBody::Transport(_) => true,
239        _ => false,
240    }
241}
242
243fn is_chunked(id: u32, param_infos: &[ParamInfo]) -> bool {
244    param_infos
245        .iter()
246        .find(|info| info.id == id)
247        .is_some_and(|info| info.flags.contains(ParamFlags::CHUNKED))
248}
249
250/// Advance a transport snapshot forward by `delta_samples` for a
251/// sub-block that starts that far into the host block. Only the playhead
252/// fields move (`position_samples` / `position_seconds` /
253/// `position_beats`); tempo, time signature, and loop bounds are
254/// block-rate. `bar_start_beats` is left as-is - it's the *last* bar
255/// start, which a sub-block advance rarely crosses, and computing a bar
256/// crossing would need the full meter grid the host owns.
257///
258/// A stopped playhead doesn't move, so nothing advances unless
259/// `playing`. Without this, sub-blocks split by a `CHUNKED` param all see
260/// the block-start position, giving tempo-synced plugins that re-derive
261/// phase from the transport up to a block of timing jitter right where
262/// automation lands.
263///
264/// `delta_samples` is a sub-block offset - a few thousand samples at most,
265/// exact in both `i64` and `f64`.
266#[allow(clippy::cast_possible_wrap, clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
267fn advance_transport(t: &TransportInfo, delta_samples: usize, sample_rate: f64) -> TransportInfo {
268    let mut t = *t;
269    if delta_samples == 0 || !t.playing || sample_rate <= 0.0 {
270        return t;
271    }
272    let delta_secs = delta_samples as f64 / sample_rate;
273    t.position_samples += delta_samples as i64;
274    t.position_seconds += delta_secs;
275    t.position_beats += delta_secs * t.tempo / 60.0;
276    t
277}
278
279/// Walk `events` from `*event_idx` forward, applying every event with
280/// `sample_offset < block_end` to the param store / transport
281/// snapshot and advancing `*event_idx` past the consumed range.
282///
283/// `ParamChange` writes through to `params.set_plain`; `Transport`
284/// overwrites the per-block snapshot. Note events / `ParamMod` / `SysEx`
285/// are not "applied" - they ride in the rebased sub-event list for
286/// the plugin to process itself; this function just advances past
287/// them so the next split scan starts in the right place.
288///
289/// Returns `true` when a `Transport` event was applied, so the caller can
290/// re-anchor its sub-block position advance to this boundary (the fresh
291/// snapshot's position already reflects the split offset).
292fn apply_pending_events(
293    events: &EventList,
294    params: &dyn Params,
295    transport: &mut TransportInfo,
296    event_idx: &mut usize,
297    block_end: usize,
298) -> bool {
299    let mut i = *event_idx;
300    let mut transport_applied = false;
301    for ev in events.iter().skip(i) {
302        if (ev.sample_offset as usize) >= block_end {
303            break;
304        }
305        match ev.body {
306            EventBody::ParamChange { id, value } => {
307                params.set_plain(id, value);
308            }
309            EventBody::Transport(t) => {
310                *transport = t;
311                transport_applied = true;
312            }
313            // Note events, ParamMod, SysEx: the plugin handles these
314            // via the rebased sub-event list. The apply pass only
315            // advances past them.
316            _ => {}
317        }
318        i += 1;
319    }
320    *event_idx = i;
321    transport_applied
322}
323
324/// Copy events in `[block_start, block_end)` into `scratch` with
325/// `sample_offset` rebased to sub-block-relative coordinates.
326///
327/// `clear()`s `scratch` first; the backing `Vec` capacity is
328/// preserved across calls so steady-state operation is
329/// allocation-free as long as the wrapper sized the scratch list to
330/// match its input list's capacity.
331///
332/// `SysEx` payloads are copied into the scratch's own byte pool (via
333/// `push_sysex`), so the scratch is self-contained. The plugin only
334/// ever receives the scratch, so `EventList::sysex_bytes` must resolve
335/// against it - copying the body verbatim would leave the rebased entry
336/// pointing at the empty scratch pool and panic on access. The scratch
337/// pool is pre-sized to `SYSEX_POOL_PREALLOC` (it's built with
338/// `EventList::with_capacity`), so the copy stays allocation-free.
339fn rebase_events_into(
340    events: &EventList,
341    scratch: &mut EventList,
342    block_start: usize,
343    block_end: usize,
344) {
345    scratch.clear();
346    for ev in events.iter() {
347        let off = ev.sample_offset as usize;
348        if off < block_start {
349            continue;
350        }
351        if off >= block_end {
352            break;
353        }
354        // Rebase the sample offset. The cast is bounded: `off -
355        // block_start < block_end - block_start <= u32::MAX in
356        // practice` (audio blocks cap at a few thousand samples).
357        #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
358        let rebased_offset = (off - block_start) as u32;
359        match ev.body {
360            // Re-copy the payload so the scratch carries its own pool
361            // entry; a pool-full drop matches the documented `SysEx`
362            // overflow behaviour and can't occur in practice (the
363            // scratch pool matches the source pool's size).
364            EventBody::SysEx { .. } => {
365                let _ = scratch.push_sysex_on_port(
366                    rebased_offset,
367                    ev.port,
368                    events.sysex_bytes(&ev.body),
369                );
370            }
371            body => scratch.push(Event::on_port(rebased_offset, ev.port, body)),
372        }
373    }
374}
375
376/// Shift the `sample_offset` of every output event the plugin
377/// pushed during the just-completed sub-block back into block-relative
378/// coordinates by adding `sub_block_start`.
379///
380/// Output events live in `output_events`; the plugin pushes them
381/// with sub-block-relative offsets (e.g. "MIDI out on sample 10 of
382/// the sub-block"). The wrapper's per-event host-encode loop expects
383/// host-block-rate timings, so shift here once per sub-block.
384fn rebase_output_events(output_events: &mut EventList, from: usize, sub_block_start: usize) {
385    #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
386    let shift = sub_block_start as u32;
387    if shift == 0 {
388        return;
389    }
390    let slice = output_events.events_mut();
391    for ev in slice.iter_mut().skip(from) {
392        ev.sample_offset = ev.sample_offset.saturating_add(shift);
393    }
394}
395
396#[cfg(test)]
397mod tests {
398    use super::*;
399    use crate::events::EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC;
400    use truce_params::{ParamFlags, ParamInfo, ParamRange, ParamUnit, ParamValueKind};
401
402    fn info(id: u32, chunked: bool) -> ParamInfo {
403        let flags = if chunked {
404            ParamFlags::AUTOMATABLE | ParamFlags::CHUNKED
405        } else {
406            ParamFlags::AUTOMATABLE
407        };
408        ParamInfo {
409            id,
410            name: "p",
411            short_name: "p",
412            group: "",
413            range: ParamRange::Linear { min: 0.0, max: 1.0 },
414            default_plain: 0.0,
415            flags,
416            unit: ParamUnit::None,
417            kind: ParamValueKind::Float,
418            midi_map: None,
419            midi_channel: None,
420        }
421    }
422
423    #[test]
424    fn split_only_on_chunked_params() {
425        let infos = [info(0, true), info(1, false)];
426        let mut events = EventList::with_capacity(EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC);
427        events.push(Event::new(
428            100,
429            EventBody::ParamChange { id: 1, value: 0.5 },
430        ));
431        events.push(Event::new(
432            200,
433            EventBody::ParamChange { id: 0, value: 0.5 },
434        ));
435        // Non-chunked param at 100 doesn't split; chunked at 200 does.
436        let next = find_next_split(&events, &infos, 0, 0);
437        assert_eq!(next, Some((200, 1)));
438    }
439
440    #[test]
441    fn min_offset_skips_close_events() {
442        let infos = [info(0, true)];
443        let mut events = EventList::with_capacity(EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC);
444        events.push(Event::new(5, EventBody::ParamChange { id: 0, value: 0.5 }));
445        events.push(Event::new(50, EventBody::ParamChange { id: 0, value: 0.6 }));
446        // min_offset = 32: first event (offset 5) coalesces, second (50) splits.
447        let next = find_next_split(&events, &infos, 0, 32);
448        assert_eq!(next, Some((50, 1)));
449    }
450
451    #[test]
452    fn poly_mod_never_splits() {
453        let infos = [info(0, true)];
454        let mut events = EventList::with_capacity(EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC);
455        events.push(Event::new(
456            100,
457            EventBody::ParamMod {
458                id: 0,
459                note_id: 7,
460                value: 0.1,
461            },
462        ));
463        let next = find_next_split(&events, &infos, 0, 0);
464        assert_eq!(next, None);
465    }
466
467    #[test]
468    fn rebase_drops_out_of_window() {
469        let mut events = EventList::with_capacity(EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC);
470        events.push(Event::new(10, EventBody::ParamChange { id: 0, value: 0.1 }));
471        events.push(Event::new(50, EventBody::ParamChange { id: 0, value: 0.2 }));
472        events.push(Event::new(90, EventBody::ParamChange { id: 0, value: 0.3 }));
473        let mut scratch = EventList::with_capacity(EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC);
474        rebase_events_into(&events, &mut scratch, 40, 80);
475        let collected: Vec<u32> = scratch.iter().map(|e| e.sample_offset).collect();
476        // Only the offset-50 event is in [40, 80); rebased to 10.
477        assert_eq!(collected, vec![10]);
478    }
479
480    #[test]
481    fn rebase_preserves_midi_port() {
482        // The chunker splits the input list into sub-blocks; a
483        // multi-port plugin's per-event port must survive that copy.
484        let mut events = EventList::with_capacity(EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC);
485        events.push(Event::on_port(
486            20,
487            3,
488            EventBody::NoteOn {
489                group: 0,
490                channel: 0,
491                note: 60,
492                velocity: 100,
493            },
494        ));
495        let mut scratch = EventList::with_capacity(EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC);
496        rebase_events_into(&events, &mut scratch, 0, 64);
497        assert_eq!(scratch.iter().map(|e| e.port).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![3]);
498    }
499
500    #[test]
501    fn transport_always_splits() {
502        let infos: [ParamInfo; 0] = [];
503        let mut events = EventList::with_capacity(EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC);
504        events.push(Event::new(
505            100,
506            EventBody::Transport(TransportInfo::default()),
507        ));
508        let next = find_next_split(&events, &infos, 0, 0);
509        assert_eq!(next, Some((100, 0)));
510    }
511
512    #[test]
513    fn offset_zero_split_needs_min_offset_at_least_one() {
514        // The `min_subblock_samples.max(1)` clamp in `process_chunked`
515        // rests on this: with `min_offset == 0`, an event sitting
516        // exactly on `block_start` (offset 0 - a Transport every
517        // wrapper pushes) is returned as a split point, so `block_end
518        // == block_start` yields a zero-length sub-block and the loop
519        // never advances (hang). With `min_offset >= 1` that event
520        // coalesces, so `block_end` moves forward and the loop
521        // terminates.
522        let infos: [ParamInfo; 0] = [];
523        let mut events = EventList::with_capacity(EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC);
524        events.push(Event::new(
525            0,
526            EventBody::Transport(TransportInfo::default()),
527        ));
528        // Unclamped (0): the offset-0 event splits at 0 - the hang.
529        assert_eq!(find_next_split(&events, &infos, 0, 0), Some((0, 0)));
530        // Clamped (>= 1): coalesced, no split at the block start.
531        assert_eq!(find_next_split(&events, &infos, 0, 1), None);
532    }
533
534    /// A sub-block that starts `delta` samples into the host block sees a
535    /// playhead advanced by `delta` - samples, seconds, and beats (from
536    /// tempo). Without this a `CHUNKED` param split leaves every sub-block
537    /// at the block-start position, jittering tempo-synced phase.
538    #[test]
539    #[allow(clippy::float_cmp)]
540    fn advance_transport_moves_playhead_when_playing() {
541        let base = TransportInfo {
542            playing: true,
543            tempo: 120.0,
544            position_samples: 1_000,
545            position_seconds: 1.0,
546            position_beats: 2.0,
547            ..TransportInfo::default()
548        };
549        // 480 samples at 48 kHz = 0.01 s = 0.02 beats at 120 BPM.
550        let adv = advance_transport(&base, 480, 48_000.0);
551        assert_eq!(adv.position_samples, 1_480);
552        assert!((adv.position_seconds - 1.01).abs() < 1e-12);
553        assert!((adv.position_beats - 2.02).abs() < 1e-12);
554        // Block-rate fields are untouched.
555        assert_eq!(adv.tempo, base.tempo);
556        assert_eq!(adv.bar_start_beats, base.bar_start_beats);
557    }
558
559    /// A stopped playhead doesn't move, and a zero-offset sub-block (the
560    /// first, or an un-split block) is left exactly as-is.
561    #[test]
562    #[allow(clippy::float_cmp)]
563    fn advance_transport_noop_when_stopped_or_zero_delta() {
564        let stopped = TransportInfo {
565            playing: false,
566            tempo: 120.0,
567            position_samples: 1_000,
568            ..TransportInfo::default()
569        };
570        assert_eq!(advance_transport(&stopped, 480, 48_000.0), stopped);
571
572        let playing = TransportInfo {
573            playing: true,
574            position_samples: 1_000,
575            ..TransportInfo::default()
576        };
577        assert_eq!(advance_transport(&playing, 0, 48_000.0), playing);
578    }
579
580    #[test]
581    fn rebase_copies_sysex_payload_into_scratch() {
582        let mut events = EventList::with_capacity(EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC);
583        events.push_sysex(50, &[0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44]).unwrap();
584        let mut scratch = EventList::with_capacity(EVENT_LIST_PREALLOC);
585        rebase_events_into(&events, &mut scratch, 40, 80);
586
587        let ev = scratch.iter().next().expect("sysex rebased into scratch");
588        assert_eq!(ev.sample_offset, 10); // 50 - 40
589        // Regression: the scratch used to carry the parent's pool
590        // indices against an empty pool, so this access panicked
591        // out-of-bounds. It now resolves against the scratch's own pool.
592        assert_eq!(scratch.sysex_bytes(&ev.body), &[0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44]);
593    }
594}