1// (C) Copyright 2007-2009 Andrew Sutton
2//
3// Use, modification and distribution are subject to the
4// Boost Software License, Version 1.0 (See accompanying file
5// LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
6
7#ifndef BOOST_GRAPH_NUMERIC_VALUES_HPP
8#define BOOST_GRAPH_NUMERIC_VALUES_HPP
9
10#include <limits>
11
12namespace boost
13{
14
15#define BOOST_GRAPH_SPECIALIZE_NUMERIC_FLOAT(type) \
16 template <> struct numeric_values< type > \
17 { \
18 typedef type value_type; \
19 static type zero() { return 0.0; } \
20 static type infinity() \
21 { \
22 return std::numeric_limits< type >::infinity(); \
23 } \
24 };
25
26/**
27 * This generic type reports various numeric values for some type. In the
28 * general case, numeric values simply treat their maximum value as infinity
29 * and the default-constructed value as 0.
30 *
31 * Specializations of this template can redefine the notions of zero and
32 * infinity for various types. For example, the class is specialized for
33 * floating point types to use the built in notion of infinity.
34 */
35template < typename T > struct numeric_values
36{
37 typedef T value_type;
38
39 static T zero() { return T(); }
40
41 static T infinity() { return (std::numeric_limits< T >::max)(); }
42};
43
44// Specializations for floating point types refer to 0.0 and their infinity
45// value defined by numeric_limits.
46BOOST_GRAPH_SPECIALIZE_NUMERIC_FLOAT(float)
47BOOST_GRAPH_SPECIALIZE_NUMERIC_FLOAT(double)
48BOOST_GRAPH_SPECIALIZE_NUMERIC_FLOAT(long double)
49
50#undef BOOST_GRAPH_SPECIALIZE_NUMERIC_VALUE
51}
52
53#endif
54

source code of boost/libs/graph/include/boost/graph/numeric_values.hpp