[Cfp-interest 2430] Re: HAS_SUBNORM paper

[Fred J. Tydeman]

On Fri, 13 May 2022 15:12:01 -0700 Jim Thomas wrote:
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>What is the purpose of the added parenthetical text in footnote 27? I find the "and/or" confusing.

To make explicit that flushing applies to both operands and results.
"OR" in English is confusing:  some people read it as exclusive, rather than inclusive.

>The change to footnote 28 would be substantive if it weren't in a footnote. An implementation following the current footnote might have defined the macros as "absent" where the suggest change would indicate that was wrong.

With the existing wording, systems the flush results, but not operands, are considered absent.
I contend that they should be indeterminable.


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