[boost] [multiprecision] New binary floating point type

Subject: [boost] [multiprecision] New binary floating point type
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-20 12:59:16

Folks,

One of the main feature requests during the multiprecision lib review was 
for a binary floating point type.

There is now such a type in the sandbox under the 
"multiprecision.cpp_bin_float" directory - you will also need latest SVN 
Trunk to try this out.  This new type is correctly rounded to nearest for 
all arithmetic operations plus binary-decimal conversions and sqrt.  Minimal 
docs so far here: 
https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/multiprecision.cpp_bin_float/libs/multiprecision/doc/html/boost_multiprecision/tut/floats/cpp_bin_float.html

I'd welcome comments, and if folks would like to try and break it, that 
would be cool too ;-)

Regards, John.