Gennaro Prota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<snip>
> Still the second line would be an improvement where a standard
> <limits> is available. But I guess I could replace it with
>
> enum { bits_per_block = some_namespace::precision<Block>::value };
>
> which is completely portable. That was just to show you a possible
> use, of course, but as I said I need it all the times. Frankly, it
> seems to me that those little templates are much cleaner and
> understandable of the alternatives (also, let me say that if I were to
> create something from scratch for standard C++ I would go for separate
> traits, instead of an all-in-one solution like numeric_limits). But
> it's also obvious that mine was just a proposal, and I don't expect
> everyone to agree with me :-)
I basically agree with everything you've said, especially about the
separate traits (metafunctions)! I was just pointing out some overlap
with existing libraries.
-Dave
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