Paul A Bristow wrote:
T next_greater(T val)
Returns the next representable value greater than "val".
T next_less(T val)
Returns the next representable value less than "val".
pred and succ have been used elsewhere. They are shorter.
I disagree with Paul here: I prefer the longer, more descriptive names, especially in a general purpose library.
T edit_distance(T a, T b)
Returns the number of floating point representations between values a and b.
A useful function, with a technically accurate name. Works for me. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Lynch voice: (617) 353-6025 Physics Department Fax: (617) 353-9393 Boston University office: PRB-361 590 Commonwealth Ave. e-mail: krlynch@bu.edu Boston, MA 02215 USA http://budoe.bu.edu/~krlynch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------