ass provided by the library:
      </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">numeric</span> <span class="special">{</span>

    <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Traits</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
    <span class="keyword">struct</span> <spa