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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

On 07/05/2012 03:01 PM, CaulDrohn wrote:
> Thanks for answering so fast
>
> I would like to ask an aditional question:
> Is it possible to extend the number types in a way that they allow the sqrt?
> I found CGAL::Sqrt_extension and thought i could give it a try, but got the
> same error.
>
> I was trying:
>
> typedef CGAL::Sqrt_extension<CGAL::Gmpq,CGAL::Gmpq>  GmpqSqrt;
> typedef CGAL::Cartesian<GmpqSqrt>  K;
Sqrt_extension has a limited subset of operations.
In particular, many binary operations expect that the extension is 
identical.

See the documentation for more details:
http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/NumberTypeSupport_ref/Class_Sqrt_extension.html

Sebastien.

> Either I'm doing it wrong or Sqrt_extension doesn't work as I'm naively
> thinking.
>
>
> Thanks in advance (again )
>
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