Re: [boost] re: Boost.Random patch for gcc-3.4.1

From: Synge Todo (wistaria_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-21 02:30:13

From: Michael Stevens <Michael.Stevens_at_[hidden]>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:51:47 +0200
> The patches add #include<cmath> to a couple of the Random headers.
> This is I assume to provide std::pow definitions for builtin types.

Yes.

> In this situation this is wrong. The Random headers are totally generic and 
> can be used on a variety of numeric types. Not necessarily the builtin float 
> etc. It is the user's responsibility to make sure that a 'pow' is defined for 
> the specific type used. Random will find such definition in namespace std or 
> with type dependant (Konig) lookup.

I am a bit confused.  Can "using std::pow;" be accepted by the
compilers without a declaration of std::pow?

Synge Todo
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