"Jody Hagins" <jody-boost-011304@atdesk.com> wrote in message news:20040229153727.633bddcd.jody-boost-011304@atdesk.com...
Converting to/from boost::rational I have occasion to need the underlying integer type. Why is this typedef private, and not accessible to users?
I looked through the archives, but can only find a similar question
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Jonathan Turkanis, with n reply.
I had private correspondence with Paul Moore, who agreed that int_type should be public. I didn't mention it at the time, but I think param_type should also be public. Since a good deal of time has passed, I think it's okay for me to say here that Paul also indicated that he is no longer interested in maintaining Boost.Rational. He said he would post a message here asking for volunteers, but I don't think he ever did. I mentioned to Paul that Jens Maurer had offered to make the change for him, but I don't remember if Paul ever contacted Jens. Jonathan