(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.5294) Did we intend to prohibit this?

[Bill Long]

On Jul 2, 2014, at 6:10 PM, Van Snyder <van.snyder at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

> As far as I can tell from looking at 7.1.12, the only function from
> IEEE_Arithmetic that's allowed in a constant expression is
> IEEE_Selected_Real_Kind.
> 
> Did we intend to prohibit all the others?

This is the topic of Interp F08/0104, which has passed its J3 letter ballot.

Cheers,
Bill

> 
> Is there a problem with admitting the inquiry functions, and admitting
> the others provided their arguments are constant expressions?
> 
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