/* === M A C R O S ========================================================= */
+// the "+0.5" code was commented out - maybe to make thing run faster?
+// it can be re-enabled by uncommenting this next line:
+// #define ROUND_TO_NEAREST_INTEGER
+
#ifndef ETL_FIXED_TYPE
# define ETL_FIXED_TYPE int
#endif
{}
template <class T,unsigned int FIXED_BITS>
-fixed_base<T,FIXED_BITS>::fixed_base(const float &f):_data(static_cast<value_type>(f*_ONE()/*+0.5f*/))
-{}
+fixed_base<T,FIXED_BITS>::fixed_base(const float &f):_data(static_cast<value_type>(f*_ONE()
+#ifdef ROUND_TO_NEAREST_INTEGER
+ +0.5f
+#endif
+ )) {}
template <class T,unsigned int FIXED_BITS>
-fixed_base<T,FIXED_BITS>::fixed_base(const double &f):_data(static_cast<value_type>(f*_ONE()/*+0.5*/))
-{}
+fixed_base<T,FIXED_BITS>::fixed_base(const double &f):_data(static_cast<value_type>(f*_ONE()
+#ifdef ROUND_TO_NEAREST_INTEGER
+ +0.5
+#endif
+ )) {}
template <class T,unsigned int FIXED_BITS>
-fixed_base<T,FIXED_BITS>::fixed_base(const long double &f):_data(static_cast<value_type>(f*_ONE()/*+0.5*/))
-{}
+fixed_base<T,FIXED_BITS>::fixed_base(const long double &f):_data(static_cast<value_type>(f*_ONE()
+#ifdef ROUND_TO_NEAREST_INTEGER
+ +0.5
+#endif
+ )) {}
template <class T,unsigned int FIXED_BITS>
fixed_base<T,FIXED_BITS>::fixed_base(const int &i):_data(i<<FIXED_BITS)