Re: [Boost-users] Example error for boost::numeric_cast

From: Fernando Cacciola (fernando_cacciola_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-11 11:08:53

Daniel Krügler wrote:
> Hello!
>
> The example for boost::numeric_cast contains
> documentation, which clearly is wrong and stumbles the reader.
>
> On
>
> http://boost.org/libs/numeric/conversion/doc/numeric_cast.html#numeric_cast
>
> we have the lines
>
>        unsigned long l=std::numeric_limits<unsigned long>::max();
>        // This works, because unsigned integral types cannot cause
>        overflow. unsigned char c=numeric_cast<unsigned char>(l);
>
> which contradict the behaviour and the range checking logic presented
> on
>
> http://boost.org/libs/numeric/conversion/doc/converter.html#rchklogic
>
> Btw.: Further on the #include directive, namely
>
> #include <boost/numeric_cast.hpp>
>
> should be corrected to
>
> #include <boost/numeric/conversion/cast.hpp>
>
> Greetings from Bremen,
>
> Daniel Krügler
>
You're absolutely right!
Thank you for the report.

Best

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