Opened 10 years ago

Last modified 10 years ago

#7579 new Bugs

whole numbers => natural numbers

Reported by: Dave Abrahams Owned by: Fernando Cacciola
Milestone: To Be Determined Component: numeric
Version: Boost 1.52.0 Severity: Problem
Keywords: docs Cc:

Description

A numeric type is integer if the abstract values it represent are whole numbers.

Should say "natural numbers"

Change History (2)

comment:1 by Steven Watanabe, 10 years ago

I don't think so. -1 is an integer, but not a natural number.

comment:2 by Dave Abrahams, 10 years ago

Ok, my fix is wrong but there's no general agreement on the meaning of whole number. For many, they start at 1

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