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Article #1365Re: Questions about NCEG
From: Tom Neff
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 1990 10:58
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 1990 10:58
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>"If the scaled value is in the range of representable values (for its >type) the result is either the nearest representable value, or the >larger or smaller representable value immediately adjacent to the >nearest representable value, chosen in an implementation-defined manner." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Does anyone else think this word choice is strange? I can understand dealing with values outside the domain of exactly representable numbers in this way -- let the compiler round up, down or to nearest as it sees fit -- but if the target value is exactly representable, surely that representation's use should be mandatory. If the committee had a specific counter rationale I'd like to know what it is. If this is just imprecise wording, an interpretation might be in order.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!apple!decwrl!uunet!bfmny0!tneff From: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: Questions about NCEG Message-ID: <15576@bfmny0.BFM.COM> Date: 1 Jun 90 10:58:47 GMT References: <3094@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> <1990May29.193451.6533@twinsun.com> <13016@smoke.BRL.MIL> <1990May30.203146.11442@twinsun.com> <15570@bfmny0.BFM.COM> <1757@tkou02.enet.dec.com> Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) Lines: 15