> I don't think FP would break existing templates if implemented with
Unfortunately it does. #set ($foo = 5 / 2) will result in $foo being
2.5 instead of 2.
> care (although I don't see myself the necessity for them); but I just
> *cringe* at the idea of balooning the numeric types to
> BigInteger/BigDecimal's. It's just megaton-scale overkill.
As said some times now: The final version will *of course* not use
BigInteger / BigDecimal for every operation. That'd be total overkill!
I just implemented the *first* version this way, because it was quick
to do and would deliver the most precise results. These results can
be achived with some if-Statements too and that will be done for a
final version (of course, again). My focus has been on correctness
rather than speed for the first version.
> I'd say that any application sensitive enough to overflow to care
> should implement careful (pardon the redundancy) business
> logic outside
That's for sure! But I really don't see why something like displaying
a progress bar ("10.23 % finished") would require any business logic.
Other things like displaying a total price should go into the business
logic or controller, since there might be rounding issues. For my everyday
use I find enough cases where I simply need numbers or the possibilities
to compare floats. BTW, most people forget that with full number support
you get short, byte and long-support too. I cannot count the number of
workarounds I had to implement because my business logic must use longs :)
> the template. Otherwise, every Velocity user would pay a heavy tax on
> the marginal gain of people that should know better than implement
> BigInteger factorials in Velocity.
As said above: *Of course* no released version will rely on BigDecimal
/ BigInteger. The overhead to the current (1.3.1rc2) implementation
(if you like to stick to Integer) is one if-Statement, like:
if (left instanceof Integer && right instanceof Integer)
And I don't think that there are applications that make you notice
the difference (in terms of speed).
> If I'm allowed to vote, I'd
>
> -1
>
> on the numeric proposal as it is now.
With the things I said now, what would be your vote? +0? Yours and mine
vote wouldn't count, but I'd like to know.
Peter
>
> Mat�as.
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