Re: [Boost-users] use boost::lambda library with count_if

From: Kevin Heifner (heifner_k_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-25 15:12:28

yinglcs2_at_[hidden] wrote:
> You mention "be careful with literal floating 
>  point comparisons in general.".  I thought doing
> float point == comparision is bad. But I am just doing
> less than (<), so i am okay. Is that true?

Depends.  If you don't mind d < 0.05 being true sometimes when d 
~= 0.05 then you don't have a problem.

Just like with == comparison, your literal double value may not 
be represented as the exact literal value.

KevinH
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