[Cfp-interest 2744] Re: comparison macros and exceptions due to conversion to the semantic type

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2023-03-28 10:02:18 -0700, Jim Thomas wrote:
> If the current (7.12.17) spec isn’t clear, we could consider
> appending to footnote 303 (ref. N3054): "It is intended that any
> conversion of an argument to semantic type raise floating-point
> exceptions appropriate for the conversion."

Or 7.12.17.6 could be written differently: instead of saying

  It raises no floating-point exceptions if neither argument is
  a signaling NaN.

the text should mention only the "invalid" floating-point exception,
like what 7.12.17.1 to 7.12.17.5 do.

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