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From: Kevin Lynch (krlynch_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-29 12:35:18
Paul A Bristow wrote:
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>> T next_greater(T val)
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>> Returns the next representable value greater than "val".
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>> T next_less(T val)
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>> Returns the next representable value less than "val".
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> pred and succ have been used elsewhere. They are shorter.
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I disagree with Paul here: I prefer the longer, more descriptive names,
especially in a general purpose library.
>> T edit_distance(T a, T b)
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>> Returns the number of floating point representations between values a and b.
>
A useful function, with a technically accurate name. Works for me.
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