Standard complex number in std library

[daniel-pfeiffer]

@Maxwell0EM

for rationals and fixed point numbers, they are just numbers that are not integers, and they can be represented by float point well.

The whole point of specific implementations for rationals and fixed point numbers, is precisely that floats are horrible at representing them. How many beginners fall into the trap of storing currency as float… Absolute no-go for financials!

[SciMind2460]

By the way, can anyone provide an example of code that this would benefit? Just asking as I am working on an ACP.

[bettertree]

Linking to your ACP, transitioned into an RFC:

Complex Numbers (Pre-ACP)

Continuing the discussion from Standard complex number in std library Proposal Problem statement Currently, there is no stable counterpart to the C _Complex types, and a myriad of implementations exist on crates.io. Popular crates like num-complex exist, but more often there are implementations defined by the crates themselves, which, while compatible with the other types in having the exact same implementation, require a myriad of conversion functions to convert with each other. Additionally,…

[SciMind2460]

The RFC has been accepted! Thank you all of you for your support in helping push this feature forward! Tracking issue here

[MusicalNinjaDad]

That's wonderful. I can offer to support implementation (and have also commented on the tracking issue) if that is useful / wanted.