[Cfp-interest 1918] Re: Errata for IEEE 754-2019

Paul Zimmermann Paul.Zimmermann at inria.fr
Mon Feb 15 05:31:43 PST 2021


       Hi Mike,

I wonder about the entry "Should more special values be added [in 9.2.1]?".
This is not really an erratum, isn't it? The two given examples of acospi(0)
and acospi(-1) follow both from the definition of acospi(x)=acos(x)/pi.

Paul

> From: "Mike Cowlishaw" <mfc at speleotrove.com>
> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:51:38 -0000
>  
> Sorry for taking so long to get around to this, but here:
> 
>   http://speleotrove.com/misc/IEEE754-errata-2019.html
> 
> is a first attempt at the new errata page.  This is a private URL at present
> (i.e., not linked from anywhere else).
> 
> I suggest that we (CFP) review and amend first, then mention it in the 754
> list for that working group to discuss.
> 
> There were a couple that Fred sent me that seemed to refer to CFP documents
> and so I didn't add to the errata.  Also -0 is stated as being equal to +0
> in 5.11 (p 43 second paragraph).
> 
> Mike


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