Re: [boost] Fixed-Point Decimal Interface

From: John Max Skaller (skaller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-05-10 20:15:52

Fernando Cacciola wrote:
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> Notice that this implies that there can't be a maximun scale.

        That's right. The scale can be -32000 -> 32000,
or, more precisely, MIN_INT --> MAX_INT.

> > 3. Operator*= requires the argument to have scale 0
> >
> > 4. Quotient. The argument have the same scale,
> >    the result has scale 0
> >
> Please clarify this.

You have 100.00 dollars. Your rent is $33.00 per week.
How many weeks rent can you pay? Answer: 3 weeks, and you can
buy a beer with the remaining 1.00 :-)

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