Re: [Boost-users] [mpl][type_traits] Getting the minimum and maximum value for a buit-in type at compile time

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [mpl][type_traits] Getting the minimum and maximum value for a buit-in type at compile time
From: Rhys Ulerich (rhys.ulerich_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-18 18:03:40

> I would have thought that there must be a way to get the minimum and maximum
> value for a C++ built-in type but my search through mpl and type_traits
> yields nothing and numeric_limits requires a run-time function call.

integer_traits is available
(http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_41_0/libs/integer/integer_traits.html)
and provides const_min and const_max, but it sounds like you're after
non-integer traits information.  I don't know how to get compile-time
constants for floating point types.

- Rhys