Re: [boost] Fixed-Point Decimal Type

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-05-15 13:58:19

At 02:25 PM 5/15/2001, Marshall Clow wrote:

 >>So a question is do you support that by having a whole bunch of 
different
 >>functions, or by the class template taking some kind of a parameter
 >>(perhaps a traits or policy class) performing the rounding desired?
 >
 >I like the idea of having a policy class for rounding.
 >
 >The question that I think needs to be answered is:
 >	Will fixed point numbers that have different rounding rules
 >need to interoperate?
 >
 >If not, then a policy class is the way to go.
 >If so, then we should do something else.

There are probably some other issues, too, like impact of differing 
rounding traits on free-functions.

Plenty to keep Bill Seymour busy!

--Beman