[Cfp-interest] F10 cleanup

[Fred J. Tydeman]

On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:24:14 -0800 (PST) Fred J. Tydeman wrote:
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>On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 15:00:49 -0800 Jim Thomas wrote:
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>>We could achieve consistency by adding the details to the sqrt and remainder 
>sections in Annex F. What do you think?
>>
>
>I am in favor of adding the details of sqrt and remainder to Annex F.

Add details for two functions seems like less work that removing details
for many functions.

Having the details in Annex F makes it easier for those reading the
C standard than having to also read IEEE-754 (which, I assume, many C 
implementors do not have).  Also, the reader needs to go from the
C name (via our mapping table) to the IEEE-754 name.  IEEE-754 has
some required and some recommended operations, so things in IEEE-754
are not all in one place.


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