From 7636657754819306865 X-Google-Thread: f78e5,c063db358aabf0d8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.speakeasy.net!news.speakeasy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:40:02 -0600 Return-Path: X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.csse.unimelb.edu.au: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Original-To: std-c++@mailman.ucar.edu Delivered-To: std-c++@mailman.ucar.edu From: Gennaro Prota Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Integer division specification Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 trialware X-Replace-Address: yes X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at aioe.org X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ucar.edu X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at csse.unimelb.edu.au Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at csse.unimelb.edu.au Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:37:25 CST Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.182.171.162 X-Trace: sv3-4NSYa+KRfH/jGHxLaLAo63ieJKQuXuIttHkn7pTJhdUtz3SO6sqzERMdJSTyTz816u0c9XaY/Pa/cbf!Vavk7gyg+qevOJFFK2nW7nqNevIMLAWrFbriBORuVYntcOOVqGHr9t3zUkP4ih6CU5B1ldAT4Vps!uwdwMEE/zaxtAVcPu13ia51a9Oz/ X-Complaints-To: abuse@speakeasy.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@speakeasy.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.std.c++:5616 On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:25:30 CST, Gennaro Prota wrote: >Hi, > >I was wondering if, as part of the synchronization with C99, the C++ >standard is going to require truncation towards zero for integer >division or continue to allow the same choice as C90. Well, let me please do another attempt at getting a reply. I have a defect report concerning the specification of operator / and the proposed resolution would depend on whether truncation "towards -inf" is allowed or not. It would help everyone, not least the committee which would have to examine the DR, to know the answer to this (if it is already known :-)). Thanks, Genny. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.comeaucomputing.com/csc/faq.html ]