[boost] Re: Re: Physical Quantities revisited

From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-24 09:33:59

"Matthias Troyer" <troyer_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:70955F59-061A-11D8-A20E-000393AD8D46_at_itp.phys.ethz.ch...
>
> On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 01:41 PM, Russell Hind wrote:
>
> > Matthias Troyer wrote:
> >> Is it possible to have a floating point number as a template
> >> parameter?
> >
> > Not sure, boost::array uses a std::size_t so don't see why not?
>
> I thought that the standard (14.1.4) says:
> --------
> A nontype template-parameter shall have one of the following
> (optionally cvqualified) types:
> - integral or enumeration type,
> - pointer to object or pointer to function,
> - reference to object or reference to function,
> - pointer to member.
> ----------
> which would exclude floating point numbers
>

Back to rationals then?

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Jeff Flinn
Applied Dynamics, International