There are a couple of vestiges from <limits.h> that I must use: INT_MIN,
INT_MAX, and the such.

I could use std::numeric_traits<int>::min() and max, but they are functions
not static values, so their usage is limited in generic code.

Is there a chance that the standard adds four more fields?

template <class T>
struct numeric_traits
{
    ...
    static const bool has_static_limits;
    static const T static_min;
    static const T static_max;
};

If a type does not support static values for min and max, has_static_limits
is false, and static_min and static_max are not defined. I understand this
is the case for certain floating point implementations - could anyone, um,
_expand :o) on that?

That would be enough support for getting rid of those INT_MIN et al. macros.
Any chance to see static minimum and maximum values in C0x?


Andrei

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