[boost] Re: extensions to complex

From: Jan Langer (jan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-12 10:36:58

Mohamed Iqbal wrote:
>>>26.2/2: The effect of instantiating the template complex for any type
>>>        other than float, double or long double is unspecified.
>>>
>>Does anybody know the reason for that?
> 
> Another reason is: some of the mathematical operations are not meaningful if
> you can't
> represent a fractional value.

can you give examples for that. which basic operations make sense with 
int but not with complex<int>?
jan

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