Re: dependent and independent intervals, proposal to toss out
Richard
On 3 Mar 2013, at 23:15, Richard Fateman wrote:
> Is this really necessary? If I create an exact rational interval [1/10,1/3] I do not
> expect any rounding whatsover. If I create a decimal_text2interval(" [0.1, 0.2]")
> I do not expect any rounding either. Perhaps I am mistaken though?
This depends on the destination interval type. You need to take on board (Draft 7.0) §11.7 "Multi-precision interval types". 1788 inherently does not support the concept of a single interval type that has unbounded precision.
John Pryce