- Deprecate Filtered_exact (in doc and code).

Packages/Interval_arithmetic/changes.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-26 January Andreas Fabri
+28 January 2006 Sylvain Pion
+- Deprecate Filtered_exact (in doc and code).
+
+26 January 2006 Andreas Fabri
 - Replaced __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ with CGAL_PRETTY_FUNCTION
 
 21 January 2006 Sylvain Pion

Packages/Interval_arithmetic/doc_tex/NumberTypeSupport_ref/Filtered_exact.tex

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 
 \ccDefinition
 
+NOTE : The functionality provided by \ccc{Filtered_exact<CT,ET>}
+is superseeded by \ccc{Filtered_kernel}, hence the use of
+\ccc{Filtered_exact<CT,ET>} is deprecated.  We recommend that
+users update their code as soon as possible, as we may not guarantee
+proper functionning of \ccc{Filtered_exact<CT,ET>} in the future.
+
 
 The class \ccc{Filtered_exact<CT,ET>} is a wrapper type for the number
 type \ccc{CT}, with the difference

Packages/Interval_arithmetic/include/CGAL/Filtered_exact.h

@@ -119,9 +119,18 @@ public:
   typedef typename Number_type_traits<CT>::Has_exact_ring_operations
   Has_exact_ring_operations;
 
-  Filtered_exact () {}
+  Filtered_exact ()
+  {
+    bool FILTERED_EXACT_IS_DEPRECATED__USE_FILTERED_KERNEL_INSTEAD;
+  }
+
   Filtered_exact (const CT & ct)
-      : _value(ct)  { update_cache(); }
+      : _value(ct)
+  {
+    update_cache();
+    bool FILTERED_EXACT_IS_DEPRECATED__USE_FILTERED_KERNEL_INSTEAD;
+  }
+
   template <class NT>
   Filtered_exact (const NT & num, const NT & den) // For Quotient<>.
       : _value(num, den)   { update_cache(); }