Re: [boost] Math constants for naive and gurus? - which constants do you want?

From: Ed Brey (edbrey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-24 14:08:37

From: "Greg Colvin" <gcolvin_at_[hidden]>
> > 
> > float const pi_f = math::pi;
> 
> I think on Noah's system this will result in the value in double const pi
> being converted, slowly, at runtime.

If so, it's a sign of a pretty naive compiler.  Surely, such compilers are rare enough that we need not consider them in the interface design.