When do I use fabs and when is it sufficient to use std::abs?

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In C++, it’s always sufficient to use std::abs; it’s overloaded for all the numerical types.

In C, abs only works on integers, and you need fabs for floating point values. These are available in C++ (along with all of the C library), but there’s no need to use them.

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