Re: operators.hpp issue

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-30 17:52:27

on 8/30/01 3:13 AM, David Abrahams at david.abrahams_at_[hidden] wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <helmut.zeisel_at_[hidden]>
> 
>> 
>> On Monday, I sent an updated version of operators.hpp and operators.htm
>> (based on the version in boost_1_24_0) per mail to you. Since I did not
>> receive any reaction, I assume it is lost.
> 
> Not lost, but I'm extremely busy at the moment. What I saw looked good.
> 
>> Now I uploaded the same version:
>> 
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/big_int/operators.zip
>> 
> 
> That's probably best, so now others concerned (I'm thinking of Daryle and
> Aleksey) can have a look.

It looks OK.  But should the prefix be "_left"?  Would something like
"_reversed" be better?

Some minor points (some with locations from Helmut's HTML file):

1.  In the output iterator section of the documentation, there is a ">" not
escaped to a "&gt;" in the sample code.  (Line 1190)  I know it's an
leftover error, and not by Helmut.
2.  Both of the new <h4> headers have closing </h3> tags instead of </h4>.
Those screw up my HTML checker, besides error [1].  (Lines 158 and 185)
3.  The table entries showing the requirements for the new "_left" templates
should use a semicolon ("T temp(u); temp -= t") between the statements
instead of a period ("T temp(u). temp -= t").
4.  As David said, some of the new text needs to be clearer.
5.  Will test cases be made for the new (basic) templates?

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Daryle Walker
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