Re: Formal review: New Boost.Test Library

From: rogeeff (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-06 13:13:45

--- In boost_at_y..., "Fernando Cacciola" <fcacciola_at_g...> wrote:

> > So, the system might
> > provide functions to roughly estimate the expected error on the 
basis of
> > the nature of the computation, the orders of magnitude of the 
numbers
> > involved, and the properties of the current platform.
> >
> I agree that this would be *really* useful.
> I'm not sure if there is any 'successful' research done in this 
area,
> though.
> Anyway, it's been quite some time since I last looked this up.
> If I ever have the time, I would try to locate some recent reports 
about
> this to see if an algorithm can be implemented.

What about the algorithm implemented currently? It's documented on 
Floating-Point Numbers comperison tools page. Floating -point 
comparison tools could allows to omit a tolerance (macro does not 
allow this that is why number_of_rounding is not optional now).

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Fernando Cacciola
> Sierra s.r.l.
> fcacciola_at_g...
> www.gosierra.com

Regards,

Gennadiy.