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Re: NaN values in c++

From Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: NaN values in c++
Date 2012-03-02 08:01 -0800
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> > The main problem with that was and is that implementations such as 
> > Visual C++ and the GNU toolchain let the user choose optimizations where 
> > the floating point behavior is decidedly not IEEE 754 conforming.
> > 

I'm sorry guys but I don't follow very well what you're saying.
I need a special value to mark positions in my vectors of double.
Being an experienced Matlab user, using a NaN seemed the option that made
more sense.

Why in C++ NaN cause issues? And if NaN is not a feasible solution,
how would you recommend to implement a special double value to mark
special positions in your vectors?
Thanks a lot, and sorry if I couldn't understand at all your arguments.

Cheers, Luca

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NaN values in c++ Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2012-03-02 01:24 -0800
  Re: NaN values in c++ "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-02 11:43 +0100
    Re: NaN values in c++ Marc <marc.glisse@gmail.com> - 2012-03-02 11:33 +0000
      Re: NaN values in c++ Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> - 2012-03-02 08:01 -0800
        Re: NaN values in c++ Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2012-03-02 11:14 -0600
      Re: NaN values in c++ Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-03-03 07:35 +0900

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