diff --git a/testing_defines.eel2 b/testing_defines.eel2
index 698b10d..f58fc7d 100644
--- a/testing_defines.eel2
+++ b/testing_defines.eel2
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-// Helper functions to check for positive infinity, negative infinity, and nan
-function is_pos_inf(x) (x ==  1/0);
-function is_neg_inf(x) (x == -1/0);
-function is_nan(x) (x != x;);
-
 function assert_equal_exact(expected, actual, message) global(failed_asserts, successful_asserts) (
-	is_nan(expected) && is_nan(actual) ? successful_asserts += 1 :
-	(is_pos_inf(expected) && is_pos_inf(actual)) || (is_neg_inf(expected) && is_neg_inf(actual)) ? successful_asserts += 1 :
 	expected !== actual ? (
 		fprintf(3, "\033[0;31mexpected: %g, was: %g. %s\033[0m\n", expected, actual, message);
 		failed_asserts += 1;
@@ -17,8 +10,6 @@ function assert_equal_exact(expected, actual) global() (
 );
 
 function assert_near_equal(expected, tolerance, actual, message) global(failed_asserts, successful_asserts) (
-	is_nan(expected) || is_nan(actual) || is_nan(tolerance) ? successful_asserts += 1 :
-	(is_pos_inf(expected) || is_neg_inf(expected)) && (is_pos_inf(actual) || is_neg_inf(actual)) ? successful_asserts += 1 :
 	abs(expected - actual) > tolerance ? (
 		fprintf(3, "\033[0;31mexpected: %g (±%g), was: %g. %s\033[0m\n", expected, tolerance, actual, message);
 		failed_asserts += 1;
diff --git a/vocalrediso-jamesdsp.eel b/vocalrediso-jamesdsp.eel
index c2c7435..7719321 100644
--- a/vocalrediso-jamesdsp.eel
+++ b/vocalrediso-jamesdsp.eel
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ slider6 = srate/2;
 slider_code();
 
 //DEBUGPRINT("SAMPLE_0_0_TEST\n");
-// spl0=0 spl1=0 for buffer_length*2 samples
+// spl0=0 spl1=0 for 100 output samples
 sum_first_pdc_samples(0, 0);
 assert_equal_exact(0, spl0sum, "spl0sum for init");
 assert_equal_exact(0, spl1sum, "spl1sum for init");
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ assert_near_equal(0, 0.001, spl1sum, "SAMPLE_0_0_TEST: spl1sum was not as expect
 //DEBUGPRINT("spl0sum=%g, spl1sum=%g\n", spl0sum, spl1sum);
 
 //DEBUGPRINT("SAMPLE_1_0_TEST\n");
-// spl0=1 spl1=0 for buffer_length*2 samples
+// spl0=1 spl1=0 for for 100 output samples
 sum_first_pdc_samples(1, 0);
 assert_equal_exact(0, spl0sum, "spl0sum for init");
 assert_equal_exact(0, spl1sum, "spl1sum for init");
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ assert_near_equal(0, 0.001, spl1sum, "SAMPLE_1_0_TEST: spl1sum was not as expect
 //DEBUGPRINT("spl0sum=%g, spl1sum=%g\n", spl0sum, spl1sum);
 
 //DEBUGPRINT("SAMPLE_0_1_TEST\n");
-// spl0=0 spl1=1 for buffer_length*2 samples
+// spl0=0 spl1=1 for for 100 output samples
 sum_first_pdc_samples(0, 1);
 assert_equal_exact(0, spl0sum, "spl0sum for init");
 assert_equal_exact(0, spl1sum, "spl1sum for init");
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ assert_near_equal(100, 0.001, spl1sum, "SAMPLE_0_1_TEST: spl1sum was not as expe
 //DEBUGPRINT("spl0sum=%g, spl1sum=%g\n", spl0sum, spl1sum);
 
 //DEBUGPRINT("SAMPLE_1_1_TEST\n");
-// spl0=1 spl1=1 for buffer_length*2 samples
+// spl0=1 spl1=1 for for 100 output samples
 sum_first_pdc_samples(1, 1);
 assert_equal_exact(0, spl0sum, "spl0sum for init");
 assert_equal_exact(0, spl1sum, "spl1sum for init");
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ assert_near_equal(200, 0.001, spl1sum, "SAMPLE_1_1_TEST: spl1sum was not as expe
 
 
 //DEBUGPRINT("SETUP: fft range is [srate/4, srate/2] dry=100 wet=100\n");
+// check no values before first output sample
 slider1 = slider2 = 100;
 slider5 = srate/4;
 slider6 = srate/2;