[Cfp-interest 1646] Re: C++ floating-point work

[Fred J. Tydeman]

On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:41:35 +0000 David Olsen wrote:
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>Do decimal floating-point types have representations for infinity and NaN?

Yes.

>What does the C standard have to say about conversions between binary and decimal arithmetic types?  If I remember correctly, the usual arithmetic conversions don't allow them to be mixed during arithmetic, saying it is undefined behavior. 

Correct.

>Are there implicit conversions from binary to decimal and vice versa in other contexts?

Assignment, function call and return.



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