Bradley Arsenault wrote:
> On 1/17/06, Nuage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>>I'm not sure what a "shifted int" is, could you explain it to me?
>>
>>For instance you use a Uint32 and say the highest 16 bits is the actual
>>integer
>>value, and the 16 lower bits are the fixed decimal values.
>>
>>withFloat(a, b)
>>{
>> float sum = 0;
>> sum += (a / b);
>>}
>>
>>withFixed(a, b)
>>{
>> Uint32 sum = 0;
>> sum += ((a << 16) / b);
>>}
>
>
> I have never heard of the term before, and no one else recognizes it,
> and I certainly don't know any fixed point decimal algorithms. Is it
> possible that I could import part of Boost.Rational into the cvs
> itself?
Well, maybe the official name is "fixed point". It's quite a simple concept,
used for ages before floating points did appear. Please simply learn to use it,
that can't hurt a brain like yours :)
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