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Document number: N4318

Date: 2014-09-21

Proposal to add an absolute difference function to the C++ Standard Library

by Jeremy Turnbull

Excerpt:

This document proposes the addition of the abs_diff() template function to the C++ Standard Library. This function computes the absolute difference between two parameters of a type that supports the operator<() and operator-() functions, or other functions of equivalent logic, without computing a logically negative value during function execution.