[Cfp-interest] WG14 IEEE 754-C binding meeting minutes2016/06/28

[Mike Cowlishaw]

> >
> >        Fred: Due to DFP encodings, the leftmost digit is not always 
> >the most significant digit.
> >...
> >        Fred will look at 754 and bring this up again if there is a 
> >problem.
> 
> In looking at 754,  I do not find anyplace that indicates the 
> significant digits ignore leading zeros.
> 
> I think
> 
> 2.1.51 significand: ... A decimal or subnormal binary 
> significand can also contain leading zeros.
> 
> would be clearer if it were changed to:
> 
> 2.1.51 significand: ... A decimal or subnormal binary 
> significand can also contain leading zeros, which are not significant.

That's a useful clarification.  

I'll plan on adding that to the 754 draft for review as it is not
controversial, it would be helpful  if this suggestion were posted to the
754 list too.

Mike