[Flac-dev] En/decoding 32bit Integer Formats

[taktik]

Hi,

What exactly is the reason why libFlac and/or the FLAC command-line  
en/decoder currently
doesn't support 32bit integer samples?

The comment in "FLAC/format.h" -> of  
FLAC__REFERENCE_CODEC_MAX_BITS_PER_SAMPLE notes that
the FLAC format supports 32bit, but the reference en/decoders  
currently do not. Does
this mean that libFlac or just the commandline tool is limited to 24  
bit?

We would love to use FLAC as a total replacement for WAV files in our  
product (in exported song
and instrument content), but really need to have 32bit support, as  
our internal sample format
is 32 bit.
I already hackily tried to change  
FLAC__REFERENCE_CODEC_MAX_BITS_PER_SAMPLE to 32u and ran
some tests using libFlac. All seemed to work well, so this limitation  
is maybe (no longer?)
needed?

Greets,
eduard