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Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 19:14:58 +0400
From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: C++, complex, etc
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 15 May 2000, Alexei A. Frounze wrote:
> 
> > > What do you need to know? <complex> defines the float_complex,
> > > double_complex, and long_double_complex types, <complex.h> is an alias
> > > for <complex> (kept for back-compatibility), and <_Complex.h>
> > > (originally Complex.h) is the libg++-specific header that defines the
> > > Complex type.
> >
> > Does that mean that there is wrong information in all _3_ books about C++ I
> > have here?
> 
> I don't know enough standard C++ to be 100% sure, but it's possible that
> this is one of the last-minute additions to the C++ standard which your
> books didn't yet catch.
> 
> It's also possible that those books are based on a specific compiler even
> though they don't say it.  It happened before.
> 
> Can someone who knows please tell whether double_complex etc. types are
> standard C++?

I really don't know.

I tested different definitions of a complex class:
Both "float_complex" and "complex<float>" are unknown to Borland C++ 3.1
(1992) and Watcom C/C++ v11.0B (1997). 
Btw, both compilers use "double" for real and imaginary part of a complex
value.

I don't know how this works in recent versions of VC++ and C++ Builder, but
seems ordinary "complex" stuff is somekind of standard. Maybe I'm mistaking
but I lack info on this subject.


bye.
Alexei A. Frounze
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