Re: [boost] Determining interest: Pure imaginary number library

Subject: Re: [boost] Determining interest: Pure imaginary number library
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-18 11:56:13

Le 18/11/11 16:51, Neal Becker a écrit :
> Vicente Botet wrote:
>
> ...
>> Some comments related to the interface. I will replace
>>
>>      T&  imag();
>>      const T&  imag() const;
>>
>> by
>>
>>      T imag() const;
>>
>> As there is no reason to provide non-const access to the internal
>> representation.
>>
> I disagree - there is a use to provide non-const access.  Unless it happens that
> the internal representation is not obvious.
>
>
What this non-const conversion allows?

imaginary i;
i.imag() = 3.0;

Do you really think that

i = imag(3.0);

is less efficient or clear?

Am I missing something?

Best,
Vicente