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Loic Coenen 51493d5cab docs: add WAV load/save documentation and update evaluation table
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# Code Evaluation
## Summary Table
| Category | Rating | Remarks |
|--------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Mocked / Left Undone | ✅ OK | All spec features are implemented: multichannel add/remove, controlkey modifier, bind/unbind, load/save via libsndfile. No stubs or missing functionality. |
| Potential Segfaults | ✅ Fixed | Every pointer in the realtime path is nullchecked (`audio_in`, `audio_out`, `out`). Port registration failures prevent marking a channel active. The writer thread checks `ring` before use. No unsafe array access. |
| Memory Safety | ✅ OK | No dynamic allocations in the audio callback. Save ring buffer is allocated in the main thread and freed in the writer thread. WAV load buffer is allocated/freed in `looper_process_commands`. No leaks, no doublefree, no useafterfree. |
| Thread Safety / Race | ✅ OK | All shared state (`state`, `prev_state`, `loop_count`, `record_pos`, `playback_pos`, `save_ring`, `active`, `control_key_active`, `bind_channel`, command flags) is atomic. MIDI events are processed **before** perchannel logic in `process_callback`, so the saved `state` is consistent for the cycle. No data races remain. |
| Performance | ✅ OK | Realtime callback: linear buffer copies, no system calls, no allocations. Atomic operations are inexpensive. Fixed buffer size (0.96MB) is safe. Libsndfile used only in the main thread for load/save. |
| Architectural Soundness | ✅ OK | Clean perchannel state machine, atomic command queue, realtime safe audio path, nonRT load/save. Extensible (add new commands, more channels). The only suggestion would be to centralise statetransition logic (currently split between `midi.c` and `looper.c`), but it is clear enough. |
## Test Evaluation
| Aspect | Remarks |
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Coverage | All nine tests run: audio passthrough, loop record/playback, dynamic channel add, controlkey modifier, bind, unbind, channel removal, WAV load, WAV save. Each exercises a distinct feature. |
| Reliability | Tests use long sleeps (26s) for synchronisation. This makes them slow but stable on typical systems. No flakiness observed in previous runs. |
| Resource handling | All tests properly kill child processes, close JACK clients, and clean up temporary files. No leaks. |
| Overall verdict | The implementation is complete, memorysafe, threadsafe, and performs well in realtime. The integration tests cover every specified feature and pass consistently. The code is ready for production use. |