31 Mar
2010
31 Mar
'10
4:15 p.m.
On 31 March 2010 11:59, Jeffrey Hellrung <jhellrung@ucla.edu> wrote:
An NaN framework which I actually consider useful would be one which is always signaling (i.e., throwing, even upon creation), or always quiet (NaNs are propagated),
I have a sketch of a way to offer both here: http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2010/03/164346.php
A "half-signaling" NaN (quietly manufactured but noisy when touched) seems to me a near-useless middle ground.
This is a good point. When the option of a policy-based scheme for exception control was brought up I just sort of assumed on principle that it would somehow be useful. Can anyone give an example where a middle ground would be best?