- You can store a price in a floating point variable.
- All currencies are subdivided in 1/100th units (like US dollar/cents, euro/eurocents etc.).
- All currencies are subdivided in decimal units (like dinar/fils)
- All currencies currently in circulation are subdivided in decimal units. (to exclude shillings, pennies) (counter-example: MGA)
- All currencies are subdivided. (counter-examples: KRW, COP, JPY... Or subdivisions can be deprecated.)
- Prices can't have more precision than the smaller sub-unit of the currency. (e.g. gas prices)
- For any currency you can have a price of 1. (ZWL)
- Every country has its own currency. (EUR is the best example, but also Franc CFA, etc.)
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// Just before switching jobs: | |
// Add one of these. | |
// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge. | |
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// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public", | |
// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions. | |
// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here. | |
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// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_, | |
// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant, |