Re: [boost] [Soc 07] BigInt Alternate Projects -- SOC BigIntapplicants please read!

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-28 04:38:12

james.jones_at_[hidden] wrote:
> From: Jeff Garland <jeff_at_[hidden]>
> I have done a lot of work on something very similar to this that I
> was hoping to propose fairly soon (next few weeks). The interface
> isn't quite N2198, but I'm not crazy about N2198 anyway (it isn't
> threadsafe, for example, AFAICT). I've been using the IEEE754r spec.
> Is it worthwhile at all to continue to work on a BOOST library for
> fixed decimal arithmetic without making it N2198 compliant?     
> 
> There would probably be a way to make an N2198-compliant version of
> my code, if that were necessary. 

Good question, I'm very surprised that N2198 isn't thread safe, how come?

Thanks,

John.