Re: [boost] [test] floating point comparison

Subject: Re: [boost] [test] floating point comparison
From: Emil Dotchevski (emil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-04-26 16:22:53

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 12:14 AM, Gennadiy Rozental <rogeeff_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> Emil Dotchevski <emildotchevski <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can someone please tell me exactly what do I need to include and which
> > namespace to use to get exact same behavior as:
> >
> > #include <boost/test/floating_point_comparison.hpp>
> >
> > bool check( float a, float b, float tolerance )
> > {
> >     using namespace boost::test_tools;
> >     return check_is_close(a,b,fraction_tolerance(tolerance));
> > }
> >
> > (The above used to work with older Boost versions but no longer.)
>
> Do you refer to the develop branch?
>
> BOOST_TEST(a==b, tolerance);
>
> should do the same.

Yes, sorry -- I mean the development branch.

Could you provide a replacement for the function above? Note that it
returns a value, which isn't the same as BOOST_TEST. Also please indicate
what headers need to be included.

Emil