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: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-31 20:16:05

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On 03/31/2010 01:26 PM, DE wrote:

> i find 'nan()' member function confusing
> i would have made 'nan()' a static function returning NaN and renamed
> the former to 'is_nan()'
> similarly 'odd()' and 'even()' could be 'is_odd()' and 'is_even()' but
> these are less confusing to me [...]

The nan function was named that way because it fits in with the naming
of the even and odd functions (which n1694 specified). For what it's
worth, I agree with you; the constructor taking a not_a_number object
was my second choice, not my first.

> by the way does 'token' produced by 'block_exceptions()' presumes the
> previous state? i.e. does its destructor restore the state its
> constructor switched from?

Yes, it does. That's why they have to be destroyed in the opposite order
they were created, or the operation is undefined.

> and are we going to continue in this thread?

If anyone wants to. :-)
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Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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