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          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">multiprecision</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">tommath</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
        </p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">multiprecision</span><span class="special">{</span>

<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">rational_adpater</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">tommath_int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>        <span class="identifier">tommath_rational</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">number</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">tommath_rational</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>         <span class="identifier">tom_rational</span><span class="special">;</span>

<span class="special">}}</span> <span class="comment">// namespaces</span>
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          The <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tommath_rational</span></code> back-end
          is used via the typedef <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">multiprecision</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tom_rational</span></code>.
          It acts as a thin wrapper around <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">rational</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">tom_int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> to provide a rational number type that
          is a drop-in replacement for the native C++ number types, but with unlimited
          precision.
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          The advantage of using this type rather than <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">rational</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">tom_int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> directly, is that it is expression-template
          enabled, greatly reducing the number of temporaries created in complex
          expressions.
        </p>
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          There are also non-member functions:
        </p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">tom_int</span> <span class="identifier">numerator</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">tom_rational</span><span class="special">&amp;);</span>
<span class="identifier">tom_int</span> <span class="identifier">denominator</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">tom_rational</span><span class="special">&amp;);</span>
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          which return the numerator and denominator of the number.
        </p>
<p>
          Things you should know when using this type:
        </p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
              Default constructed <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tom_rational</span></code>s
              have the value zero (this the inherited Boost.Rational behavior).
            </li>
<li class="listitem">
              Division by zero results in a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">overflow_error</span></code>
              being thrown.
            </li>
<li class="listitem">
              Conversion from a string results in a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">runtime_error</span></code>
              being thrown if the string can not be interpreted as a valid rational
              number.
            </li>
<li class="listitem">
              No changes are made to <a href="http://libtom.org/?page=features&amp;newsitems=5&amp;whatfile=ltm" target="_top">libtommath</a>'s
              global state, so this type can safely coexist with other <a href="http://libtom.org/?page=features&amp;newsitems=5&amp;whatfile=ltm" target="_top">libtommath</a>
              code.
            </li>
<li class="listitem">
              Performance of this type has been found to be pretty poor - this need
              further investigation - but it appears that Boost.Rational needs some
              improvement in this area.
            </li>
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<a name="boost_multiprecision.tut.rational.tommath_rational.h0"></a>
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">multiprecision</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">tommath</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>

<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
   <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">multiprecision</span><span class="special">;</span>

   <span class="identifier">tom_rational</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span>

   <span class="comment">// Do some arithmetic:</span>
   <span class="keyword">for</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">&lt;=</span> <span class="number">1000</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">++</span><span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">)</span>
      <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">*=</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">/=</span> <span class="number">10</span><span class="special">;</span>

   <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// prints 1000! / 10</span>
   <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">numerator</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">denominator</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>

   <span class="identifier">tom_rational</span> <span class="identifier">w</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// Component wise constructor</span>
   <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">w</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// prints 2/3</span>

   <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
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