From: Gabriel Dos Reis (Gabriel.Dos-Reis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-02 11:00:24
Luis Pedro Coelho <deepblack9_at_[hidden]> writes:
| I suppose you meant sqr(x) = x * x.
|
| This number above sqr(real(z)) + sqr (imag(z)) is indeed useful, but it is
| not the usual norm, it is the square of the usual norm. Call it norm_squared
| or even norm2 to avoid misunderstandings.
I completely agree with you, but the C++ committees decided otherwise :-((
-- Gaby