On 5/19/2016 12:49 AM, Max Samukha wrote:
People are trying to get across that, if they wanted to maximize accuracy, they would request the most precise type explicitly. D has 'real' for that. This thread has shown unequivocally that the semantics you are insisting on is bound to cause endless confusion and complaints.
C++ programs do the same thing, and have for decades, and such behavior is allowed by the C++ Standard.
People have been confused by and complained about floating point behavior at least since I started programming 40 years ago.
I have not invented anything new here.
