[boost] Re: Extend numeric_limits<> integer traits?

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-08-06 13:31:36

At 11:09 AM 8/6/99 -0700, Nathan Myers wrote:

>> It seems to me that
boost::extended_numeric_limits<type>::constant_max is
>> an aweful lot of typing.  What do others think about calling the
class
>> simply boost::numeric_limits?
>
>Why not call it what it is?  boost::integer_traits.

Okay. Say we do that.

Is it derived from std::numeric_limits?

Is there any functionality added beyond constant expression minimum
and maximum members?

--Beman