[boost] Re: Proposal: Interval arithmetic library

From: jsiek_at_[hidden]
Date: 2000-03-11 21:03:48

Jens Maurer writes:
 > jsiek_at_[hidden] wrote:
 > > I think unconditional requirement for LessThanComparable is not
 > > needed. Instead, interval<T> should be LessThanComparable *if*
 > > T is LessThanComparable.
 > 
 > No. For nearly every interval operation, we have to either use
 > std::max() or check if some bound is below or above zero.
 > See operator*, for example.
 > LessThanComparable for T is an important general requirement.

Ok, that's right.