Re: [boost] Fixed-Point Decimal Type

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-05-15 16:38:13

At 03:10 PM 5/15/2001, Bill Seymour wrote:

 >Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
 >>
 >> I think the ability of choosing rounding mode should not be
 >> overlooked.  It is an essential part of LIA-1 and later standards.
 >>
 >and Beman Dawes responded:
 >>
 >> I'm convinced.
 >>
 >but I'm not sure that I am.  I'm under the impression that LIA-1
 >relates more to numeric programming than to accounting.  If I
 >hear from accountants that they care about multiple rounding
 >modes, then I'll echo Beman's statement.

Seems like you need to post a query to an accountant's newsgroup to answer 
that one!  Boost isn't a likely hangout for the green eyeshade crowd:-)

One of the things to consider is whether or not adding a defaulted rounding 
trait/policy template parameter (or a runtime one per Howard's comment) 
really messes up the interface.

In the end, it isn't design by committee.  You will have heard a lot of 
opinions, but you are the one who has to make the final decision.  Good 
luck!

--Beman