Re: [boost] [units] warnings under msvc

From: Matthias Schabel (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-12 19:14:18

>>> ..\..\..\boost/units/cmath.hpp(32) : error C2039: 'isfinite' : is
>>> not a
>>> member of 'std'
>>> ..\..\..\boost/units/cmath.hpp(40) : error C2039: 'isinf' : is not a
>>> member of 'std'
>>> ..\..\..\boost/units/cmath.hpp(56) : error C2039: 'isnormal' : is
>>> not a
>>> member of 'std'
>>> &c.
>>
>> What's the convention here? ::isfinite or just isfinite?
>>
>
> It gets worse. Metrowerks 9.2 says
>
> ### mwcc Compiler:
> #      In: ..\..\..\boost\units\cmath.hpp
> #    From: unit_example_12.cpp
> # ----------------------------
> #      30: nst boost::units::quantity<Unit,Y>& q)
> #   Error:                                 ^
> #   unexpected argument while expanding macro 'isfinite' (wanted 1)

I actually think this is the point of Johan Råde's Floating Point  
Utilities library,
which is in the review queue...I'm beginning to see the value...

Matthias