[Cfp-interest 1661] Re: payload missing const

[Mike Cowlishaw]

I'd change 'oversite' to 'oversight'.

Mike 

> -----Original Message-----
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:11:01 -0700 (PDT) Fred J. Tydeman wrote:
> >
> > Missing 'const' in *payload.  Editorial or new paper?  
> > AI: Fred - write paper saying missed.
> 
> Here is the text version.  If this is OK, I will make an HTML 
> version for WG14.
> 
> The binary getpayload functions (WG14 N2478 Annex B.11 and F.10.13.1):
> 
>  double getpayload(const double *x);
>  float getpayloadf(const float *x);
>  long double getpayloadl(const long double *x);
> 
> have 'const' in the parameter.
> 
> While the corresponding decimal functions:
> 
>  _Decimal32 getpayloadd32(_Decimal32 *x);
>  _Decimal64 getpayloadd64(_Decimal64 *x);
>  _Decimal128 getpayloadd128(_Decimal128 *x);
> 
> are missing that 'const'.  This was an oversite by the CFP committee.
> 
> 'const' should be added to the three decimal getpayloaddN 
> functions as:
> 
>  _Decimal32 getpayloadd32(const _Decimal32 *x);
>  _Decimal64 getpayloadd64(const _Decimal64 *x);
>  _Decimal128 getpayloadd128(const _Decimal128 *x);
>