RE: [boost] Re: rationals initialization bug

From: Moore, Paul (paul.moore_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-29 04:30:02

From: David Abrahams [mailto:abrahams_at_[hidden]]
> P.S. The precedent on most systems I can find has also
> been to do an exact conversion (with unlimited-precision
> integers where neccessary) when a rational is constructed
> from a float. I have the algorithm for that, if you want
> it.

That would save me finding it :-) With that, I'll add two functions,
tentatively named rationalize_exact() and rationalize_simplest(), based on
the two cases we have seen.

Thanks,
Paul