[Cfp-interest 2006] Re: AIs related to range errors clarifications

[Fred J. Tydeman]

On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:08:11 -0700 Jim Thomas wrote:
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>https://wiki.edg.com/pub/CFP/WebHome/C23_proposal_-_overflow_and_underflow_definitions-20210424.pdf 

An alternative wording for the underflow case:

[6] The result underflows if a nonzero result with infinite precision would have
magnitude (absolute value) less than the minimum normalized number in the 
type.249)...



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