Re: [boost] Math constants for naive and gurus? - which constants do you want?

From: Jens Maurer (Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-27 11:08:43

"Paul A. Bristow" wrote:
> 
> I have now produced a C++ program which writes constants to several files:
 
> Samples attached, and zip uploaded to the vault.

As requested in the formal review, I would appreciate having documentation
about the general rule how the constant names are synthesized.
This will answer questions such as:
  Is  2/3 pi  named  pi_2_3  or pi_2_3rd  ?
  Is  sqrt(2)  name sqrt_2  or ... ?

I believe having a well-defined rule makes the library easier to use,
because users have to look up names in the documentation less often
during day-to-day programming.

(Yes, I think it's non-trivial to come up with a logical, consistent
naming scheme.)

Jens Maurer