[Cfp-interest 3125] Re: Action item about C2y Issue 19 - misuse of "decimal floating-point number", etc.

[Mike Cowlishaw]

The word 'decimal' in this triggered my filter highlight rule :-).  Anything
I should be looking at, here?

Mike

>> The draft linked below addresses the action item:
> >> 
> >>          Jim: C26 Issue 19: Add to the changes for 
> 7.24.1.6 the terms
> >>      "decimal form" and "hexadecimal form" to paragraph 
> 3's bullets 1
> >>      and 2 respectively to make it clear what the changes in
> >>      paragraph 4 refer to. Also do the changes for issue 
> 19 problems
> >>      1 and 2.
> > 
> > Remember that as per the second part of 6.4.4.3p3
> > 
> > 	Either the whole-number part or the fraction part has to be
> > 	present; for decimal floating constants, either the 
> >   period or the
> > 	exponent part has to be present.
> > 
> > The way one can read the replacement for 7.24.1.6p3, one 
> may get the impression that both the decimal point and the 
> exponent can be optional in the hexadecimal form which is 
> incorrect. That said, 6.4.4.3 is quoted in this replacement 
> text so the fact that both cannot be optional is covered. But 
> it is not obvious in 7.24.1.6p3 that at least one must exist.
> 
> 6.4.4.3 specifies floating constants. The accepted form of 
> input for these function is more lenient because there's no 
> need to distinguish it from integer constants.
> 
> > 
> > The language in my previous paragraph could be more precise.