Howard Hinnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 12:17 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
|
| > Howard Hinnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| >
| > | Another possible spelling for this animal is:
| > |
| > | class nat {nat();};
| > |
| > | Inspired from nan. In this case means Not A Type.
| >
| > Ahem, a class is a type, no matter how you name it.
|
| Really, I didn't know that! :-)
there was a missing smiley -- sorry.
| And a nan is still a floating point number.
No, it is not. That is why it is called "Not a Number" :-)
It is just a continuation value, i.e. a special data which is not a
floating point number.
| It just has a special bit
| pattern that alters the arithmetic rules a bit.
|
| > | It is nice and
| > | short which comes in handy for when there are a lot of template
| > | parameters to default. It is easily pronounceable, and won't be
| > | confused with any other type when discussed verbally.
| >
| > Really? Without reading the rest of your message, I thought it was a
| > short for "natural number". A matter of background I guess.
|
| I'll go back to the drawing board.
I love drawings :-D
-- Gaby
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