On Aug 31, 2011, at 10:46 AM, Simonson, Lucanus J wrote:
I'd like to see the name be mp_float. I prefer:
mp_float mp_int mp_rational
Obviously we need the mp_ prefix if we use float and int since these are keywords without it.
How about floating integer rational
Also, if the user puts using namespace boost::multiprecision then they will benefit from the prefix.
If the user writes "namespace mp = boost::multiprecision;", then the mp_ prefix is redundant and ugly. If you really prefer to write mp_float to mp::floating, you can still "typedef boost::multiprecision::floating mp_float;".
I prefer multiprecision to mp since the library name I'm guessing would be multiprecision and it is conventional to have the namespace be the same as the library name.
I agree here. But the user is free to alias the namespace to something more succinct and convenient. Josh