Re: [boost] Concepts talk on Google Video

From: Michael Marcin (mmarcin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-13 14:03:06

Jeff Garland wrote:
> Doug Gregor wrote:
>> On Mar 13, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Michael Marcin wrote:
> 
>> I'm hoping that, as part of upgrading numeric_limits to use Concepts,
>> we end up with a solid way to categorize the various number types in
>> the world, including fixed-point types.
> 
> Since there's a proposal to add fixed-point decimal types I would
> hope that some of that work already been done.  I believe this is the
> latest draft: 
> 
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2006/n1965.html
> 
> In any case, it would be good to review these and see if from your
> experience you feel they are up to the task.
> 

I was referring to binary fixed point types.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point_arithmetic

Although I imagine most Concepts should hold for both.

- Michael Marcin