Re: [boost] [gsoc18]Boost.SafeFloat

Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc18]Boost.SafeFloat
From: Rajat Miglani (rajatmiglani26_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-03-12 14:12:49

Is there any specific template that I should follow for the proposal or I
can make it my own way?

Thanks,

Rajat Miglani

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:43 AM, Damian Vicino <damian_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> Hi,
> From the top of my head, the big missing pieces are the safefloat
> literals, some pieves of unit testing (copile and runtime), documentation,
> implementing some of the policies that are already defined. Maybe a better
> way to specify policies could be implemented.
> However, the complete list of things being done is what your proposal is
> about, you need to define the milestones and goals for the project.
>
> 2018-02-25 18:57 GMT+00:00 Rajat Miglani <rajatmiglani26_at_[hidden]>:
>
>> I have read the paper "Goldberg, David. "What every computer scientist
>> should know about floating-point arithmetic." ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
>> 23.1 (1991): 5-48."and documentation and now having a little
>> understanding of what this project is about.Presently going through the
>> code and concepts, please guide me of what changes I have to do in the
>> previous code to make it better.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:52 PM, Damian Vicino <damian_at_[hidden]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rajat,
>>> For the Boost.SafeFloat project, I suggest you take a look to the
>>> following links:
>>> - Repository: https://github.com/sdavtaker/safefloat
>>> - Documentation: https://sdavtaker.github.io/safefloat/doc/htm
>>> l/index.html
>>>
>>> Also, try to read this paper if you didn't before:  Goldberg, David.
>>> "What every computer scientist should know about floating-point
>>> arithmetic." ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) 23.1 (1991): 5-48.
>>> From the C++ perspective, key concepts you need to know are:
>>> - Templates (a lot of it)
>>> - Custom Literals
>>>
>>> A good proposal would be to take a read to the documentation and code
>>> base and describe what is missing to complete the project.
>>> Best regards,
>>> Damian Vicino
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2018-02-21 14:11 GMT-03:00 Rajat Miglani via Boost <
>>> boost_at_[hidden]>:
>>>
>>>> Dear boost community,
>>>> I am a GSOC aspirant and I'd like to contribute to your organization.
>>>> I have read the project ideas and is interested in working on:-
>>>> 1)Boost.SafeFloat or
>>>> 2)Enhancing Boost.Intrusive Library
>>>> Can I get some more info about how to work on these projects and the
>>>> basic
>>>> requirements so that I can learn them and be able to contribute to my
>>>> fullest.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
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