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From: Robert Kindred (RKindred_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-29 11:50:17


>> Just a quick reply: Is there any plans to include efficient comparison
>> (equality) of floating point numbers? I could not find anything
>> related in the library docs.
>>
>> Hermann O. Rodrigues
>
> No.
>
> --Johan

I would like to second this motion, as there are many pitfalls in doing this
manually. Here is a link I found on the pitfalls involved and ways to solve
them:

http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/comparingfloats/comparingfloats.htm

Robert Kindred


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