Re: [boost] Second iteration of Boost.XInt library uploaded, requesting further comments

Subject: Re: [boost] Second iteration of Boost.XInt library uploaded, requesting further comments
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-31 14:18:01

AMDG

DE wrote:
> looking at implementation: don't you want to make global integer
> constants members of enum(s)? as well as static integer constants
> (haven't noticed so far)
>
> i think that
>
>   enum {
>     bits_per_digit = whatever_it_is,
>     digit_hibit = so_does_this,
>     etc
>   };
>
> is better than global objects (defined in a header)
>
>
> to prove me wrong try to compile two source files including "xint.hpp"
> and using xint::integer (just for sure) and link them together
> i expect linker complaints about entities defined in several object
> files
>   

It will not.
    const size_t        bits_per_digit    = 
std::numeric_limits<digit_t>::digits;
is equivalent to
    static const size_t        bits_per_digit    = 
std::numeric_limits<digit_t>::digits;

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe