[boost] Re: Math constants - updated.

"Tobias Schwinger" <tschwinger@neoscientists.org> wrote

Is it asked too much to let the user just specify the type ?

but the user can specify the type...: float f = double(pi);

Every variable declaration requires a type so why make things more complicated for constants ?

In the math constants review I understood that not requiring to declare the type was a desirable feature.

C++ is a strictly typed language and I really can't see the point in emulating loose typedness for constants (especially since you can "declare" a pi constant by instantiating an object, e.g: "pi<float> PIf;").

I guess... Whatever... if explicit type declaration is required so be it... Heigh Ho ... regards Andy Little