Re: [boost] RE: rational.hpp

From: Dave Steffen (steffend_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-01-12 12:39:20

Jeremy Siek writes:
[...]
 > Even better would be for boost to have some sort of number_traits
 > class that defines one() and zero() functions.

 Cheers and support from the back of the room... I've always felt just
 a little uncomfortable assuming that the default constructor
 generates an object with value "zero" (for some appropriate
 definition of "zero"). What if the appropriate default behavior is
 something more like "one"?

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