id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
11739	operator / for point2 is hard coded to operate on type double	c.d.glover@…	Stefan Seefeld	"When using boost::gil::point2<float>, applying a division operation results in a point2<double>. This is undesirable.

The fix appears to be easy, change this code

{{{
template <typename T> BOOST_FORCEINLINE
point2<double> operator/(const point2<T>& p, double t)      { return t==0 ? point2<double>(0,0):point2<double>(p.x/t,p.y/t); }
}}}

to operate on T instead of double.  But, that seems overly simple so I am trying to figure out why this code was written this way in the first place.

A possibly safer alternative is to cast the result back to point2<T>, ie;

{{{
template <typename T> BOOST_FORCEINLINE
point2<double> operator/(const point2<T>& p, double t)      { return t==0 ? point2<T>(0,0):point2<T>(T(p.x/t),T(p.y/t)); }
}}}

This change makes the / operator act the same as the /= operator, which is also hard coded to double, but because it's a member, doesn't yield a new type, so it's probably fine (other than the fact that I asked for floats and am getting double operations).

While we're at it, I also find it weird that this code is protecting against division by zero, but that's a different problem.

"	Bugs	closed	To Be Determined	gil USE GITHUB	Boost 1.59.0	Problem	duplicate		mateusz@…