[Cfp-interest 2374] Re: WG14 IEEE 754-C binding meeting minutes 2022/02/10

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2022-02-10 13:41:19 -0500, Rajan Bhakta wrote:
>     Using the 'i' suffix for imaginary numbers:
>       Fred: A user, but not a standards member asked for the i suffix for
> an imaginary floating constant. I don't know if it is something we can get
> into C23.
>       Rajan: We've missed the cutoff.
>       Jim: Not critical or an IEEE-754 binding issue.
>       Fred: I'm in favor of adding it. Multiplying by 'I' is not always the
> cleanest way to do things.
>       Jim: Trying to think why we didn't consider this. Probably because we
> didn't want to change the language.
>       Fred: Imaginary is not required.

If the 'i' suffix is added, what about the imaginary infinities?
Will a new macro be added or is multiplying by 'I' sufficient?

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