From: Manfred Doudar (manfred.doudar_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-31 21:39:50
Cromwell Enage wrote:
>--- David Abrahams wrote:
>
>
>>integer_part is common usage. It doesn't matter if
>>you don't think it's descriptive; everyone will
>>understand it...
>>
>>
>
>Okay, if everyone understands it, then that's what
>I'll use.
>
>
>>unless of course you mean something different from
>>what everybody means by "integer part."
>>
>>
>
>I was thinking that integer_part included the sign and
>whole_part didn't.
>
>
That's a little scary;
integer_part, and fractional_part ... are ideal names,
BUT I would expect that both integer and fractional _parts
*included* the sign - and I tend to think anything else
would inevitably lead to confusion.
There of course are complementary calls like `abs` and `sign`
which should assuage all.
Cheers,
-- Manfred Doudar MetOcean Engineers www.metoceanengineers.com