[Cfp-interest 2167] Re: DFP and 1*x and x/1

[Jim Thomas]

The first sentence in F.9.2#2 is "The equivalences noted below apply to expressions of standard floating types.” Isn’t that clear enough?

- Jim Thomas

> On Sep 29, 2021, at 1:07 PM, Fred J. Tydeman <tydeman at tybor.com> wrote:
> 
> From the minutes:
>  Underflow with exact subnormal (See CFP 2106, ..., 2172)
>      Fred: For F.9.2 for DFP the transformations wouldn't work as being equivalent.
>      Jim: The beginning of the section qualifies this so we should be OK.
> 
> It would help if F.9.2#2 1 * x entry made a reference to paragraphs 3 and 4.
> 
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