Re: [boost] Stream input and output of NaN and infinity

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-15 12:27:50

"Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I think we should go in the opposite direction.  A float is a
> a legitmate floating point value.  A union of float and some
> other special non-floating point values is something else.

Notwithstanding the fact that NaN is "not a number," it is a
legitimate floating-point value, i.e. a legitimate value for the type
float.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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