Re: [boost] Re: Questions on fixdec

2003-07-19 Thread Beman Dawes
At 09:02 AM 7/17/2003, Bill Seymour wrote: >Somebody said, "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." >I can't remember who that was (Knuth? Djikstra?); but somebody >else on the list will probably tell us. Knuth. Computing Surveys, Vol 6, No 4, December 1974, page 268. --Bema

[boost] Re: Questions on fixdec

2003-07-17 Thread Bill Seymour
Ilya, 1. You want the scale to be a template parameter so that it's part of the type. I've just raised this issue again; and I expect there to be some discussion about it. Stay tuned. 8-) 2. You also want the rounding mode to be part of the type. That binds the rounding mode to