Re: Can you specialize the Template operator==
Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
* 3DCoderGuy:
>> Snip...
Others have remarked on syntax etc.
However, if you really want to do this epsilon thing (note: it means you
lose the important property that a==b && b==c implies a==c, which means
it's really not a good idea, at least as long as you pretend that it's
'==' equality), then I suggest you pick up the relevant epsilon from a
template:
<code>
template< typename T >
struct EpsilonFor
{
static T const value;
};
template<>
float const EpsilonFor<float>::value = 1.e-4f;
template<>
double const EpsilonFor<double>::value = 1.e-6;
template< typename FloatType >
bool isNearEqual( FloatType a, FloatType b )
{
return (std::abs( a - b ) <= EpsilonFor<FloatType>::value);
}
</code>
Cheers, & hth.,
- Alf
PS: Are you aware of std::numeric_limits? If not, take a look.
What took you so long Alf. I was wondering how to do just what you're
suggesting.
Thanks a ton.
I wasn't aware of the std::numeric_limits. I'm very green when it comes
to std. I've used std containers and only very limited.
I noticed you use the abs method. Back in the day when optimization was
important (and is become so again), I wouldn't use the abs because of
the call which used a lot of cycles ( I really don't know if that is
still true today. I haven't written assembler since 80486s). Doing the
(x1 - x2 < EPSILON) && (...) would mean that the test on points that
were different would fail on the first difference. Do you have any
comments on this? I take from you last discussion regarding wasted
copies to temp objects that optimization is important to you.
Thanks again Alf.
Mark
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