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Track event parser with running status: deltas treated as absolute times · case 02

Event times reset after each event: the second of two events 10 ticks apart reports tick 10 regardless of history.

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Case contract

Input the bytes of a track body: each event is a variable-length delta then either a meta event (FF type len data...), a status byte (bit 7 set) with its data bytes, or data bytes reusing the previous channel status (running status). Program change (Cx) and channel pressure (Dx) take one data byte, other channel messages two. Meta events cancel running status. Return [absolute tick, status, data...] for channel events and [tick, "meta", type] for meta events, or None on truncation or data without a running status.

Why this case matters

MIDI sequencers, file readers and synth drivers depend on exact event ordering and tick/time arithmetic.

One recorded failure

Sample boundary fixture

This sample comes from the broken implementation of a controlled reproducer.

Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
oracle 7[[5, 144, 60, 100], [5, 128, 60, 0], [5, 128, 62, 0]][[5, 144, 60, 100], [10, 128, 60, 0], [15, 128, 62, 0]]Failed

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