Jeff Garland wrote:
Beth Jacobson wrote:
Time durations can be divided by an integer to produce a duration (e.g. hours(1)/60 == minutes(1);), but can't be divided by another duration to produce an integer (e.g. hours(1)/minutes(1) == 60;).
Could this be added to time_duration.hpp:
int operator/(const duration_type& d) const { return (ticks_ / d.ticks_); }
Reasonable -- of course it will have the usual integer division issues.
or maybe better, this:
double operator/(const duration_type& d) const { return (static_cast<double>(ticks_) / d.ticks_); }
The same thing can already be accomplished already with duration1.ticks()/duration2.ticks(), but duration1/duration2 seems more natural and fits well with the rest of the date_time operators.
Well, I've managed to avoid injecting any "fuzzy floating point logic" into date_time up till now. I guess I'd like to hear a compelling use case from you or others as to why this is really needed.
Given your arguments, I'm afraid I can't come up with one. In the field I'm working in (crop modeling), dividing durations is a vital function, but I can't think of a compelling reason for it to be a member function. Thanks for your time and attention on this, and thank you for the date_time library. It fits the modeling paradigm beautifully, and it's a pleasure to use. Regards, Beth