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From: Johan Råde (rade_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-01 03:16:07


Robert Kindred wrote:
>>> 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

Why don't you write code for this and submit to Boost?

--Johan


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