Re: [boost] questions about boost multiprecision

Subject: Re: [boost] questions about boost multiprecision
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-03-22 15:44:16

On 3/22/19 2:47 AM, John Maddock via Boost wrote:

>> Spending some time on this makes me appreciate what an incredibly 
>> ambitious accomplishment this is.  It's really unbelievable.  I would 
>> be curious how frequently various parts of the package are used.
> 
> Aren't we all ;)

Nope - I've advocated on multiple occasions for a boost effort to 
determine frequency of library use, libraries desired by the user 
community, etc.  This would give us an idea what kinds of projects we 
should promote via GSOC, C++Now talks, etc and which projects we might 
consider deprecating etc.  But These efforts have always resulted in 
push back from a large number of people who think this is a bad idea or 
wast of time.  I personally fail to understand this.

I'm still thinking about this.

Having spent more time with multi-precision, I'm only now aware of the 
(sort of) overlap with some aspects of safe numerics.  This opens up a 
whole new can of worms in my brain.

Robert Ramey