From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-03 14:10:13
"Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>Jeff G wrote:
>> I'm thinking it would have to be defined like this
>> Duration / Duration --> Integer
>>
>>I think Duration / Duration --> double would be more appropriate.
>
> I have intentionally avoided floating point types in the library
> because there is no reason to suffer the loss of correctness
> associated with these types.
Huh?
3/2 == 1
is correct?
You get a much bigger round-off error from ints than from floats.
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com