Re: std::complex design (Was: N-Dimensional array library

From: rwgk (rwgk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-06 22:16:56

--- In boost_at_y..., Howard Hinnant <hinnant_at_t...> wrote:
> I can sympathize with that gripe.  I'm sure I'll draw heat for this 
> remark but it boils down to the decision that double() means zero 
> initialize instead of uninitialized.  Imho that one was big a 
mistake, 
> and I see no way of backing out of it completely.

I could not agree more. As it stands, because of problems like
that, doing numerics with C++ feels like being imprisoned on
Alcatraz, in a cell with a direct view of the San Francisco
skyline. The good life is so close, but how can I get there?
Ralf