Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #10103: setprecision(0) does displays too many digits of a float128

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #10103: setprecision(0) does displays too many digits of a float128
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-06-07 15:38:03

#10103: setprecision(0) does displays too many digits of a float128
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  Reporter:  Charles Karney <charles@…>  |      Owner:  johnmaddock
      Type:  Bugs                        |     Status:  assigned
 Milestone:  To Be Determined            |  Component:  multiprecision
   Version:  Boost 1.54.0                |   Severity:  Problem
Resolution:                              |   Keywords:  printing
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Changes (by johnmaddock):

 * status:  new => assigned

Comment:

 This is indeed a bug, but I don't know how to fix it without breaking
 existing code: we've used a precision of 0 to mean "as many digits as
 you've got", and this is pervasive/consistent throughout the library.  I
 guess we should have used -1 as the "special" value, but it's too late
 now...

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10103#comment:1>
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