Re: [Boost-users] Ann: Floating Point Utilities Review starts today

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