Another example: 6 represents june. 6 + 3 is then 3 months after june, otherwise september. 6 + 12 is the next june. ------Original Message------ From: Edward Diener Sender: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Cc: boost@lists.boost.org ReplyTo: boost-users@lists.boost.org Sent: Dec 3, 2008 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [review][constrained_value] Review of ConstrainedValue Library begins today Deane Yang wrote:

Edward Diener wrote:

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Deane Yang wrote:

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I have an even more extreme view on this. I don't believe any arithmetic operations should be permitted for constrained numbers. They just don't make sense (would you ever want to add two different days of a month?).

You have chosen a particular type for which arithmetic operations sometimes make little sense. In many other situations this is not the case.

Could you give an example?

An example of what ? Of a constraint where arithmetic operations make sense ? If we take a constraint representing a percentage between 0 and 100, I think it is perfectly valid to add a percent to what is already there. That is just one of innumerable cases where arithmetic operations of contraints seem perfectly valid to me. Why would you even want to consider limiting constraints by removing arithmetic operations if the underlying type supports such operations ? _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry