Opened 10 years ago
Last modified 10 years ago
#7579 new Bugs
whole numbers => natural numbers
| Reported by: | Dave Abrahams | Owned by: | Fernando Cacciola | 
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| 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 , 10 years ago
comment:2 by , 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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I don't think so. -1 is an integer, but not a natural number.