Code that uses boost::accumulators::accumulator_set with<X, Stats> where Stats contains boost::accumulators::tag::rolling_mean and X does not implement the operators < and > no longer compiles since Fix #11437: correct immediate_rolling_mean.
We were using this for coordinates in 3d, let's say struct Vec3d { float x; float y; float z}; . This type doesn't have a natural order. (Note that lexicographic ordering does not respect rotation symmetries, etc.) So it doesn't make sense to define comparison operators for them.
Averaging, by contrast, is basically a linear combination, which is a perfectly valid operation for elements of vector spaces.
Code sample on godbolt. This code breaks when upgrading from boost-1.70 to boost -1.71.
Code that uses boost::accumulators::accumulator_set with<X, Stats> where Stats contains boost::accumulators::tag::rolling_mean and X does not implement the operators < and > no longer compiles since Fix #11437: correct immediate_rolling_mean.
We were using this for coordinates in 3d, let's say
struct Vec3d { float x; float y; float z};. This type doesn't have a natural order. (Note that lexicographic ordering does not respect rotation symmetries, etc.) So it doesn't make sense to define comparison operators for them. Averaging, by contrast, is basically a linear combination, which is a perfectly valid operation for elements of vector spaces.Code sample on godbolt. This code breaks when upgrading from boost-1.70 to boost -1.71.