[cfp-interest 3780] Re: Annex F 2.2#7 - Signaling NaNs as an argument
Damian McGuckin
damianm at esi.com.au
Wed Feb 4 15:05:07 PST 2026
On Wed, 4 Feb 2026, Jim Thomas wrote:
> In F.10.4.19, i.e., scalbn, it says
>
> scalbn(x, 0) returns x
>
> Some people might think that means that given a signaling NaN
> argument x, it should return the signaling NaN. Do we need to
> make that definition tighter, e.g.
>
> scalbn(x, 0) returns x for all x (including NaN)
> Yes. The change you suggest looks good.
Thanks. Not really my idea. Chalk that up to some wise words from Jerome
which prompted me to look at emails from Tue Ly and Paul Zimmerman. I just
joined the dots or followed the bread crumbs. Not sure which.
Thanks - Damian
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