On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Chad J <gamerc...@__spam.is.bad__gmail.com> wrote: > Cool, but don't name it FixedInt unless it implements fixed point > arithmetic. > > This name immediately suggests to me that it implements fixed point > arithmetic using an integer of the given size, but then I'd be confused > since I don't know how many bits are allocated to the fractional part. > > Maybe just Int. Less typing. Makes the point. The template > instantiation is a huge giveaway as to what is happening. > Int!(64) == long > UInt!(64) == ulong > Int!(8) == byte > etc.. > that would be "kicking rad".
I agree with you, but "FixedInt" couldn't possibly have anything to do with fixed-point arithmetic, since fixed-point deals with non-integers. It's like having an imaginary real ;) /me shames ireal. bad, bad ireal!
