Re: [boost] [Review Results] Boost.Polygon library fixed point type support

Subject: Re: [boost] [Review Results] Boost.Polygon library fixed point type support
From: Maurizio Vitale (maurizio.vitale_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-05 13:46:12

>>>>> "Luke" == Simonson, Lucanus J <lucanus.j.simonson_at_[hidden]> writes:

    Luke> Fernando Cacciola wrote:
    >> (10) Theoreticall the library would be usable with a user defined
    >> coordinate type (metting certain requirements now undocumented),
    >> for example a fixed point data type, but some details in the
    >> internal design and implementation prevents this.

    Luke> Can someone point me in the direction of a good fixed point
    Luke> library with reasonable license that I can use to test support
    Luke> of fixed point types and add the coordinate_concept mapping
    Luke> code of a fixed point datatype to the examples section of the
    Luke> documentation?

SystemC (www.systemc.org) has a numeric datatype library. Need to include/link
in everything, but datatypes can be used on their own.

Mentor's datatypes at
http://www.mentor.com/products/esl/high_level_synthesis/ac_datatypes.

I'd say neither license is acceptable for boost, but they should be both
good enough for testing. Tests could be included, but people running
them would have to get those libraries by themselves.

I'd go for the Mentor library, if I had to chose.

OTH,
        Maurizio
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