[boost] Bug-fixes and Enhancements for boost::rational (was: Re: Bug in boost::rational, no Boolean conversion)

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-22 05:57:34

On 7/17/05 5:34 PM, "Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Daryle Walker wrote:
>> On 7/17/05 1:57 AM, "Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]>
>> wrote:
[SNIP note that boost::rational supports "operator !" but not Boolean
conversion]
> As I said, I can't think why it shouldn't be added.
> 
>>> I'll add it to the list of feature requests for 1.34.
>> 
>> I put it in our SourceForge bug tracker as Request ID #1239906, so we
>> won't forget.
> 
> Okay.
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Just PINGing Jonathan.  I guess we should discuss this further now.  And
someone else had an idea to add support for (X, 0), (-X, 0) if X is of a
signed type, and (0, 0) to give infinity, negative infinity, and
not-a-number semantics.

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