RE: [boost] Re: rationals initialization bug

From: Moore, Paul (paul.moore_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-28 09:18:10

From: David Abrahams [mailto:abrahams_at_[hidden]]
> The checks you mention sound plausible, though. You know,
> I'd be surprised if Knuth (or some other obvious source)
> didn't contain a reliable version of this algorithm. It's
> probably not a good idea for hacks like me (us?) to go
> flailing about in numerics land without the theoretical
> foundation ;-)

I'll check my Knuth this evening, but I don't recall seeing this in there...

I agree entirely about the theoretical foundation comment. My hidden design
agenda for rational<> is to avoid including anything which requires a
greater theoretical understanding than I have :-) [I'm a mathematician by
training, a long time ago, but I never specialised in numerical maths...]

Paul.