[Cfp-interest] llogb(1.)

[Jim Thomas]

Hmm. Is there any other place cfp specifies the sign of a zero in integer format?

754 says "logB(1) is +0”. This is in a context that applies to logB functions that return in floating-point or integer formats. I’m guessing that the sign in +0 is not intended to apply to logB functions that return in integer format. I don’t believe there’s any other place 754 specifies the sign of a zero in integer format. We can ask the 754 committee.

- Jim Thomas

> On Aug 22, 2018, at 7:57 PM, Fred J. Tydeman <tydeman at tybor.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:09:37 -0700 Jim Thomas wrote:
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>> llogb and ilogb return in integer format, so we don't need to say anything about the sign of a zero result for them.
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> That is true for 2's complement, but not for 1's complement or sign-magnitude.
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