Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #11102: gmp_float backend with variable precision does not have distributive property

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #11102: gmp_float backend with variable precision does not have distributive property
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-12 10:02:10

#11102: gmp_float backend with variable precision does not have distributive
property
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  Reporter:  Tobias Beck <Tobias.Beck@…>  |      Owner:  johnmaddock
      Type:  Bugs                         |     Status:  closed
 Milestone:  To Be Determined             |  Component:  multiprecision
   Version:  Boost 1.57.0                 |   Severity:  Problem
Resolution:  invalid                      |   Keywords:
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Comment (by johnmaddock):

 Variable precision means you get to choose at runtime what the precision
 is by calling number<>::set_precision or number<>::set_default_precision.
 It's the same behaviour that the underlying GMP or MPFR libraries have.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11102#comment:4>
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