[Cfp-interest 1616] Re: TS3 annex review

Jim Thomas jaswthomas at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jun 3 14:35:48 PDT 2020



> On Jun 3, 2020, at 11:15 AM, Fred J. Tydeman <tydeman at tybor.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 09:47:36 -0700 Jim Thomas wrote:
>> 
>>> Page 12, line 14:  Would it be better to replace (in C2X) "_Decimal32,
>>> _Decimal64,  _Decimal128" with "_DecimalN, where N is multiple of 32".
>> 
>> Why? Only 32, 64, and 128 pertain.
> 
> With the change you have, we end up with 4 lines in 6.7.2:
> _Decimal32
> _Decimal64
> _Decimal128
> _DecimalN, where N is 96 or > 128 and a multiple of 32

No, the last line is for the annex.
> 
> WIth the change I suggest, we end up with one line
> _DecimalN, where N is multiple of 32

The paper is for an annex, not changes to other parts of C2X.

- Jim
> 
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