Re: [Quantlib-dev] Exception in Bond::cleanPriceFromZSpread(...)

[Luigi B. <lui...@gm...>]

On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 12:08 -0400, Luca Billi wrote:
> I think the exception is legitimate: interest rates on zero intervals
> are meaningless, whereas discount factors are not:
> 
> exp(-r*t) = 1 for t=0, regardless of r.
> 
> That's why I think that, when t=0, it's ok to avoid calling
> ZeroSpreadedTermStructure::zeroYieldImpl(), which operates in the
> yield space and is not required when t=0, and return immediatly 1.

Ok, I've put the t=0 check in.  I'd still like to have zeroYieldImpl()
succeed at t=0 (the rate can be defined as the limit for t->0, after
all) but that's for another day...

Thanks for the heads-up,
	Luigi


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