Created on 2006-11-20.00:00:00 last changed 171 months ago
Proposed resolution:
Change and add after [numeric.limits.members], p11:
static const int max_digits10;-11- Number of base 10 digits required to ensure that values which differ
by only one epsilonare always differentiated.-12- Meaningful for all floating point types.
Change [numeric.special], p2:
template<> class numeric_limits<float> { public: static const bool is_specialized = true; ... static const int digits10 = 6; static const int max_digits10 = 9; ...
Change [numeric.special], p3:
template<> class numeric_limits<bool> { public: static const bool is_specialized = true; ... static const int digits10 = 0; static const int max_digits10 = 0; ...
Section [numeric.special] starts out by saying that "All members shall be provided for all specializations."
Then it goes on to show specializations for float and bool, where one member is missing (max_digits10).
Maarten Kronenburg adds:
I agree, just adding the comment that the exact number of decimal digits is digits * ln(radix) / ln(10), where probably this real number is rounded downward for digits10, and rounded upward for max_digits10 (when radix=10, then digits10=max_digits10). Why not add this exact definition also to the standard, so the user knows what these numbers exactly mean.
Howard adds:
For reference, here are the correct formulas from N1822:
digits10 = floor((digits-1) * log10(2)) max_digits10 = ceil((1 + digits) * log10(2))
We are also missing a statement regarding for what specializations this member has meaning.
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