Re: [boost] Re: Boost.MathConstants: Review

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-04-22 13:57:21

From: "David Abrahams" <abrahams_at_[hidden]>

> If we believe Matt Austern's assertions about rounding, then it seems to
me
> that the numeric_limits-like template is essential, and it shouldn't just
be
> a wrapper over the abovve interface.

Why? Doesn't implementation (3) in my original message,

namespace boost
{
    unsigned char _pi[] = { platform-dependent values here };
    double const & pi = *(double*)_pi;
}

address the rounding issue?

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Peter Dimov
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