Re: [boost] Infinite precision integer draft

From: Pedro Lamarão (pedro.lamarao_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-26 16:17:12

Maarten Kronenburg escreveu:
> Gerhard,
> Negating an unsigned_integer that is
> not zero is like taking the square root
> from a negative value, or dividing
> an integer by zero:
> an exception is thrown.

Why introduce this C++ exception for "integer division by zero"?
Why not simply allow the implementation to hit the corresponding
hardware exception?

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 Pedro Lamarão