[cfp-interest 3485] Re: Rounding Direction Mode or Rounding Direction or Rounding Mode

[Damian McGuckin]

On Fri, 30 May 2025, Damian McGuckin wrote:

> Mind you, IEEE 754 uses another (related but with even more letters) and 
> calls all of these by the name "rounding direction attributes":
>
> 	round towards zero
> and
> 	round towards infinity
> and
> 	round towards -infinity
> and
> 	 round to nearest ties towards WHATEVER

For example, F.10.1#3

 	... for the ISO/IEC 60559 rounding modes roundTiesToEven,
 	roundTiesToAway, and roundTowardZero,

ISO 60559 4.3.1 and 4.3.2. calls them "rounding direction attributes".

Thanks - Damian