From: Stefan Slapeta (stefan_nospam__at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-13 19:36:58
Martin wrote:
>>IMO any kind of automatic rounding and precision should not be part of a
>>basic_decimal type at all!
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> I assume you mean that we don't need a decimal type with a fixed number of
> decimals. There is an extension to the propsed standard that allows fixed
> number of decimals so there seem to be some who need it.
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No, I'm sure that wasn't my intention.
>>The behaviour of basic_decimal should stick
>>to the decimal proposal of Mike Cowlishaw and he explains very well in
>>his FAQ section why it's not a good idea to have normalized decimal
>>arithmetic:
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> Why do you mention "normalized decimal arithmetic"? Isn't that a way store
> floating point numbers or do you mean something else.
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Did you read this proposal?
br,
Stefan