[boost] Re: [date_time] time_duration division

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-03 14:10:13

"Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]> writes:

>>Jeff G wrote:
>> I'm thinking it would have to be defined like this
>>   Duration / Duration --> Integer
>>
>>I think Duration / Duration --> double would be more appropriate.
>
> I have intentionally avoided floating point types in the library
> because there is no reason to suffer the loss of correctness
> associated with these types.

Huh?

     3/2 == 1

is correct?

You get a much bigger round-off error from ints than from floats.

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Dave Abrahams
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