[Cfp-interest 2101] Re: number classification macros, fpclassify and normal numbers

Mike Cowlishaw mfc at speleotrove.com
Mon Aug 16 08:27:11 PDT 2021


> 
> OK, but that's out of the scope of ISO C17. From its point of 
> view, what matters is the numerical value, not its 
> representation, and it doesn't specify the representation of 
> the result. For instance, concerning the + operator, the 
> standard doesn't say anything about normalization. Only for 
> printf-like functions, there is an explicit mention of the 
> normalized vs unnormalized representation.

For some reason I (mis)read "C17" as "C23".  Apologies.

Mike



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