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Subject: Re: [boost] [Review Request] Multiprecision Arithmetic Library
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-04-03 07:49:32
> Just a crazy idea ... what about if the exponent is a big integer as
> well? And the mantissa ... guess you can go all crazy, hope this is
> supported by the library!
Not yet, but not impossible (other than it messing up
std::numeric_limits<>::max_exponent). Of course making the mantissa
arbitrary precision is definitely not possible - unless you can tell me how
exactly many digits Pi has ;-)
John.