Gabriel Dos Reis - Re: V3 PATCH: numeric_limits< (original) (raw)

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Re: V3 PATCH: numeric_limits<> support, fix PR/3865

• From: Gabriel Dos Reis
• To: "Joseph S. Myers"
• Cc: Neil Booth , Graham Stott , , <libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org>
• Date: 29 Aug 2002 11:28:58 +0200
• Subject: Re: V3 PATCH: numeric_limits<> support, fix PR/3865
• Organization: Integrable Solutions
• References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0208291024090.31824-100000@kern.srcf.societies.cam.ac.uk>

"Joseph S. Myers" jsm28@cam.ac.uk writes:

| Also, the BITS_ macros for integer types are redundant with the MAX_ | macros used for <limits.h>; one can be derived from the other.

Since we already define BIT_ for char and similar macros are needed for floating point types, I'll propose, for consistency to provide it for the rest of the integer types.

-- Gaby

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