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Numerical Limits

Description: Fixing a few rough edges around c++ numeric limits.

Keywords: ecl numeric limits

Tutorial Level: INTERMEDIATE

This extends c++'s numeric_limits class for fundamental types, providing in addition, static constants that can be utilised as template arguments (as opposed to c macros or c++ functions in numeric_limits). For integral types, an example of the extras available: 

   1 ecl::uint16 bits = NumericLimits<int>::bits;
   2 ecl::uint16 bytes = NumericLimits<int>::bytes;
   3 int j = NumericLimits<int>::one;
   4 int i = NumericLimits<int>::minimum;
   5 int k = NumericLimits<int>::maximum;

An example of some extras for a float type: 

   1 ecl::uint16 bits = NumericLimits<float>::bits;
   2 ecl::uint16 bytes = NumericLimits<float>::bytes;
   3 
   4 // precision setting is a rough, but useful aid to bounding the accuracy for some math calculations
   5 NumericLimits<float>::Precision p = NumericLimits<float>::dummy_precision();
   6 
   7 // note, numeric_limits<float>::min() is the smallest
   8 // positive value, this is the smallest negative value.
   9 float minimum = NumericLimits<float>::minimum;
  10 float maximum = NumericLimits<float>::maximum;

Note that it inherits the numeric_limits class, so all the functions therein can also be used.

Wiki: ecl_type_traits/Tutorials/Numerical Limits (last edited 2012-02-01 13:20:58 by DanielStonier)

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