[Boost-users] MPL: representing float values at compile time; sequence of float values

Hello, I need to create a sequence of float values that the user can put in at compile time. Since floats cannot be used as template params I am assuming I cannot use vector_c in any way. My plan was to have the user input the initial float values as mpl::vector<char> and then convert the chars to string and then the string to float when I needed to use it at runtime. My other idea was to make a struct that inherited from mpl::pair and have the first part be the integral part and the second part be the decimal part and again, construct the float from that. So the two ideas look something like: // idea 1 - a bit odd but need to get around C++ on this one typedef mpl::vector_c eightyninepointfourfive; typedef mpl::vector_c twentyfourpointoneone; typedef mpl::vector floatseq; // idea 2 template struct float_ : mpl::pair, mpl::integral_c > { }; typedef mpl::vector, float_<24,11> > floataspairseq; typedef float_<89,45>::first the89part; typedef float_<89,45>::second the45part; // end ideas What do you think of these ideas? I am assuming that there must be other solutions and perhaps these are not the best. Wanted to bounce these of the list for comments. Thanks in advance. Regards, Bruce