[Cfp-interest 1887] Re: Negative

[Fred J. Tydeman]

On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:51:30 -0800 Jim Thomas wrote:
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>What is a "negative signed value"? I believe it's intended to mean a signed value with a negative sign, though it might be interpreted as a signed value that its negative. Using an adverb might help: negatively signed value.

OK

>What should happen with NaNs? I don't believe C says that NaN values are signed, or unsigned.

Perhaps adding something like:  
  NaNs with the sign bit set include a minus sign.
to footnotes 300 and 356.


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