Re: Types, arrays, generality, and notation (was: Fortran90 and Arrays)

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From: Raul Deluth Miller-Rockwell
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 02:43

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Stephen P Spackman:
   Obviously, I meant 32767 (that or I meant max). The point is that
   the maximum for the representation and the maximum for the type are
   different notions, and that in any case (no matter what IEEE may
   tell you) "infinity" is not an integer and it's not a float. It's a
   domain extension, and you shouldn't have to rely on them in order
   to code up simple notions like min and max.

So use the maximum for the type.

If you wish to exclude certain representations, there will still be a
maximum element among the representations you allow.

-- 
Raul Deluth Miller-Rockwell                   <rockwell@socrates.umd.edu>

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