[cfp-interest 3378] Re: CFP accomplishment and future

[Damian McGuckin]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2025, Damian McGuckin wrote:

>>  1. Advise WG14 on maintenance of C support for ISO/IEC 60559, i.e. propose
>>  bug fixes and clarifications, and comment on related new C proposals.
>>  2. Advise WG14 on issues related to floating point in general.
>>  3. Provide liaison between WG14 and the IEEE 754 Working Group.
>
> As IEEE 754 have hinted at some mention of complex and imaginary in 2029, we 
> might have to get involved in undoing the removal of imaginary types in C2X 
> sometime in 2030 (assuming IEEE 754 is done by 2029).

Actually, that is just a particular aspect of Jim's (1) above.

There may be other things in IEEE 754 2029 that have implications for C,
but again, they are just a particular aspect of (1) above.

Thanks - Damian