Re: Decimal: Formal review begins.

From: Matt Borland (matt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2025-01-16 17:05:17

> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025, John Maddock via Boost wrote:
> 

> > The review of the proposed Decimal Number library by Matt Borland and Chris
> > Kormanyos begins today and runs until 22nd Jan.
> > 

> > You will find documentation here:
> > https://cppalliance.org/decimal/decimal.html
> 

> 

> There exists hardware that supports decimal numbers, but I don't see that
> discussed anywhere (how does the boost type interact with the native
> one?). Did I look for the wrong keywords?
> 

> --
> Marc Glisse
> 

There is no interoperability with hardware types. Machines with a decimal floating point unit are rare, and we have no access to one in order to make interoperability work.

Matt