Re: [boost] [optional] Suggestion for adding an optional_number class

On 21 July 2017 at 10:47, Viktor Sehr via Boost wrote:

I'd like to make a suggestion for adding an optional class for number types, called optional_number, where the max value of the number type is utilized as the uninitalized value.

What problem are you trying to solve?

- Can be assigned to any value except the max value

<snip> - Throws if assigned the numeric_limits<T>::max

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