[boost] Re: integer_traits (was: Proposal: random numberlibrary)

From: Gavin Collings (gcollings_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-02-22 05:44:57

> 
> [Microsoft got it wrong.]
> 
> Is that because runtest<> ist a template function, or because
> std::numeric_traits<> is busted on MSVC?
> 

The problem was that it doesn't deal very well with explicit calls to
specializations of the test function ( runtest<bool>( "bool" ) ).  I've
just gone through and done it manually.  The results are now: -

   Checking bool; min is 0, max is 1
   Checking char; min is -128, max is 127
   Checking signed char; min is -128, max is 127
   Checking unsigned char; min is 0, max is 255
   Checking short; min is -32768, max is 32767
   Checking unsigned short; min is 0, max is 65535
   Checking int; min is -2147483648, max is 2147483647
   Checking unsigned int; min is 0, max is 4294967295
   Checking long; min is -2147483648, max is 2147483647
   Checking unsigned long; min is 0, max is 4294967295

Gavin.