Subject: Re: [boost] New Boost.XInt Library, request preliminary review
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-28 18:14:21
On 28 March 2010 18:12, Chad Nelson <chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Sorry, but no. n1692 specifies that it's supposed to throw an
> std::overflow exception when it can't get the memory it needs to
> represent a number.
>
Doesn't this statement that "the standard says it must throw" conflict
with your justification for having NaN as being "for when exceptions
are blocked"?