[Cfp-interest] decimal re-encoding draft posted

[Jim Thomas]

On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Fred J. Tydeman wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 17:03:49 -0700 Jim Thomas wrote:
>> 
>> A draft specification of decimal re-encoding support for Part 2 is posted on 
>> the CFP wiki at 
>> 
>> http://wiki.edg.com/twiki/pub/CFP/WebHome/decimal_re-encoding.pdf
>> 
>> Please review.
> 
> Seems like we need words to cover:
>  Signaling NaNs -- do they trigger?

no

>  Non-canonical representations

may but are not required to be propagated

>  Are there any representations that are not valid?  

no

> If so,
>    what happens?

Right. These need to be covered in the draft.

> 
> 
> I prefer the name "dpdfromd32/64/128" to "encoded32/64/128"
> I prefer the name "bidfromd32/64/128" to "encoded32/64/128"
> 
> I prefer the name "dpdtod32/64/128" to "decodedpdd32/64/128"
> I prefer the name "bidtod32/64/128" to "decodebidd32/64/128"

The draft uses the names we agreed to in our Functions spec.

-Jim

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