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Subject: Re: [boost] [complex] Feedback and Potential Review Manager
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-01 13:12:59


> But then aren't you removing the optimization complex<double> * int that
> Chris originally proposed ? As your int is promoted to a double. Or are
> you talking about non-POD integer-like types ?

No, the promotion is only in calculating the *type of the result*, if you
look at the actual arithmetic in the example, then the real and imaginary
components are directly multiplied by the arithmetic type.

John.


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