[Cfp-interest 2295] Overflow, HUGE_VAL, strtod, and double-double

[Fred J. Tydeman]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 15:02:47 -0800 Jim Thomas wrote:
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>C23_proposal_-_overflow_and_underflow_definitions-update-20211121.pdf <https://wiki.edg.com/pub/CFP/WebHome/C23_proposal_-_overflow_and_underflow_definitions-update-20211121.pdf>
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I believe that C text that mentions HUGE_VAL needs to be redone 
due to super-normal double-double numbers.
For example, strtod() and wcstod()  [I think that is all]
Perhaps those two cases can refer to overflow in <math.h>

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