Re: [Boost-users] [STL] Is there a std::abs<>() function? (Max)

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [STL] Is there a std::abs<>() function? (Max)
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-22 23:42:48

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 21:06, Max <loadcom_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> What I need is a template version of abs, not the
> int abs(int) function, to make use of it genericly.
>

Do you really need a template of it?  I can't see why using ADL
wouldn't be enough (with a using declaration for std::abs, to catch
the overloads for scalars from <cstdlib> and <cmath>).

~ Scott