[Cfp-interest 3219] Re: Various Updates to Annex F+G

[Jim Thomas]

> On Aug 16, 2024, at 10:54 PM, Damian McGuckin <damianm at esi.com.au> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 17 Aug 2024, Damian McGuckin wrote:
> 
>>> Technical
>>>       c) F.10.1
>>>       - Make a sole argument of NaN returning a NaN the normative case
>>> 
> 
>>> I can?t tell what this means. How would it be different from current
>>> F.10.1 #14 which says "Functions with a NaN argument return a NaN
>>> result and raise no floating-point exception, except where explicitly
>>> stated otherwise."
> 
> Here is some slightly Better wording. See F and G for consistency achieved.
> 
> F.10.1
> 
> 	Functions of a single argument of NaN
> 	return a result of NaN and raise no floating point exception
> 	except where explicitly stated otherwise.

My email a few minutes ago argues against this change.

> 
> G.4.1
> 	Functions of a single argument of NaN + i NaN,
> 	one whose real and imaginary components are both a NaN,
> 	return a result of NaN + i NaN and raise no floating point exception
> 	except where explicitly stated otherwise.

The restriction to single argument functions is not needed. This change is not dependent on the F.10.1 change above.

- Jim Thomas

> 
> Thanks - Damian