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| From | Andrea Venturoli <ml.diespammer@netfence.it> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite |
| Date | 2012-03-24 13:05 +0100 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <jkkda2$bp7$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <jkhq7k$917$1@speranza.aioe.org> <jki1h5$q44$1@dont-email.me> |
On 03/23/12 15:32, Victor Bazarov wrote: Leaving aside any matter about correctness, logic, and so on in case the set has zero elements... > As for infinity (unrelated to searching through a set of numbers), there > is 'std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity()', which you could call if > 'std::numeric_limits<double>::has_infinity' is 'true'. I usually use std::numeric_limits<double>::max() in such cases. Anything wrong with this? Any unobvious disadvantage or potential trouble? bye & Thanks av.
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Setting floating point variable as infinite Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 12:27 +0000
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Marc <marc.glisse@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 12:34 +0000
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-03-23 12:39 +0000
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 06:21 -0700
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 14:39 +0000
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-03-23 20:06 +0000
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2012-03-23 10:32 -0400
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 15:03 +0000
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2012-03-23 11:50 -0400
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 19:01 +0000
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2012-03-23 20:26 +0100
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2012-03-23 19:10 -0400
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 11:43 +0000
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-03-24 09:46 +0900
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2012-03-23 23:42 -0400
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 11:31 +0000
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-03-24 23:41 +0900
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Andrea Venturoli <ml.diespammer@netfence.it> - 2012-03-24 13:05 +0100
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2012-03-24 15:44 -0400
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-03-24 12:30 +0000
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 07:52 +0100
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 12:38 +0100
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-03-25 13:36 +0100
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-03-25 14:00 +0100
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-03-25 14:05 +0100
Re: Setting floating point variable as infinite Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 16:54 +0100
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