(j3.2006) IEEE comparisons

[Fred J. Tydeman]

On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:08:56 -0700 Robert Corbett wrote:
>
>The current wording of the standard indicates that the
>comparison operations should generate at most one exception.
>That is fine for comparisons when the operands have the
>same format, but it is a problem when the operands have
>different formats.

Can you give an example of why you think that is a problem?

When a narrow format is converted to a wider format, no exception is raised.


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