Re: [boost] Review Request: Statistical Distributions and Mathematical Special Functions

From: Glenn Schrader (gschrad_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-08 11:51:12

Markus Werle wrote:
> John Maddock <john <at> johnmaddock.co.uk> writes:
>
>   
>> The "Math Toolkit" has now matured to the point where Paul Bristow and I 
>> would like to ask for a formal review.
>>     
>
> Some comments before the review begins (If you allow):
>
> In the docs sometimes you have formulations like e.g.
> "Returns the cubed root of x.". For native speakers this may be no problem, 
> but sqrt(x)^3 may be easier to catch for the rest of us.
>
>   
 From the example cbrt code on pg 207 it looks to me like this should
have said "Returns the cube root of x." i.e. pow(x,1/3).

-glenn