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size=2 face=Arial>Sounds good to me, too.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=256261411-02032013><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Thanks -- Mike</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Cornea, Marius
[mailto:marius.cornea@intel.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 02 March 2013
00:45<BR><B>To:</B> Jim Thomas; Mike Cowlishaw<BR><B>Cc:</B> CFP; Cornea,
Marius<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Cfp-interest] terms DPD and
BID<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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we make this change we should probably remove ‘bid’ and ‘dpd’ from the
function names as well.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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am ok with the new names you proposed.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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you,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> Jim Thomas
[mailto:jaswthomas@sbcglobal.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 01, 2013 2:15
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Mike Cowlishaw; Cornea, Marius; CFP<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Cfp-interest] terms DPD and BID<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Ok, back to this issue. In email on 2/19/2013 I made
an attempt at using the IEC 60559 terminology:<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>… we might say in (Part 2) 12.3 something
like:<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>"The types<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>…<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>represent values of decimal floating types in one
of the two alternative encodings allowed for decimal formats by the IEC
60559 standard: the encoding based on decimal encoding of the
significand or the encoding based on binary encoding of the
significand, "<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>and in 12.4.2:<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>"The encodedpd functions convert the argument
into the encoding based on decimal encoding of the significand.
…"<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>and similarly for the other re-encoding
functions<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>and add something about our use of the acronyms dpd and
bid in type and function names, or else change the
names.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Mike and Marius, is this what you have in mind? We might
change the function names to encodedecd32, encodebind32,
etc. <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>-Jim <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:45 AM, Mike Cowlishaw <<A
href="mailto:mfc@speleotrove.com">mfc@speleotrove.com</A>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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I agree with Mike that it should be better to use the IEC 60559 terminology,
the reality is that DPD and BID were easier to identify the two encodings
and are spread widely in various publications.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">So
unless Mike feels very strongly about avoiding DPD and BID I would leave
them in, properly qualified as you suggested.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue">I
don't have an opinion on the use of BID (although it has some slang
meanings in the UK, so I would avoid it). I do feel very
strongly about the use of DPD to refer to the encoding as a whole,
however. It was a useful abbreviation/jargon for committee use, but it
does not do justice to the very neat encoding of the exponent, etc., devised
by Dan Zuras and others. It's not even the case that the whole
coefficient is encoded using DPD.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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don't quite see the difficulty in using the IEC 60559
terminology (perhaps abbreviated). Anyone implementing or using this
level of detail will surely have to be aware of that terminology anyway, and
introducing a second way of saying the same thing is best avoided if
possible.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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