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Subject: Re: [boost] New Boost.XInt Library, request preliminary review
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-02 15:11:54


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> and finally: arbitrary and infinite are rather distinct words
>
> are we talking about arbitrary precision integers or infinite numbers?

Arbitrary-precision integers. But it could sometimes be useful to have a
value representing infinity, just as it's sometimes useful to have one
representing Not-a-Number.
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Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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