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Re: abs(int) missing


On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Levente Farkas wrote:
> hi,
> it seems to me that abs(int) is missing from std namespace!!!
> -----------------------
> #include <cmath>
> 
> int main()
> {
>   int i = std::abs(4);
>   return 0;
> }

No, its there.  std::abs (int) (and std::abs (long)) is defined in cstdlib;
cmath add overloads for float, double and long long double and is not required
to define std::abs (int).  see 26.5 of the standard.

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Steven King
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