(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.6008) Additional forthcoming unauthorised editorial/technical changes
Bill Long
longb
Fri Dec 15 13:21:32 EST 2017
> On Dec 14, 2017, at 10:38 PM, Malcolm Cohen <malcolm at nag-j.co.jp> wrote:
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> And there is one open question: Should we require support for IEEE_NEXT_UP and IEEE_NEXT_DOWN? In the absence of direction I will assume the answer is ?No?, i.e. I will not insert anything to require such support.
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These seem redundant with NEAREST which we already provide as an ordinary intrinsic. In my experience, programmers are likely to use the ordinary intrinsics instead of a similar IEEE intrinsic. So I?m fine with the ?no? option.
Cheers,
Bill
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