Re: [Boost-users] Ann: Floating Point Utilities Review starts today

From: Johan Råde (rade_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-01 03:16:07

Robert Kindred wrote:
>>> Just a quick reply: Is there any plans to include efficient comparison
>>> (equality) of floating point numbers? I could not find anything
>>> related in the library docs.
>>>
>>> Hermann O. Rodrigues
>> No.
>>
>> --Johan
> 
> I would like to second this motion, as there are many pitfalls in doing this 
> manually.  Here is a link I found on the pitfalls involved and ways to solve 
> them:
> 
> http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/comparingfloats/comparingfloats.htm
> 
> 
> Robert Kindred 

Why don't you write code for this and submit to Boost?

--Johan