<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">James W Thomas <<a href="mailto:jaswthomas@sbcglobal.net">jaswthomas@sbcglobal.net</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>a term for float, double, and long double</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">May 17, 2013 9:57:20 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">SC22 WG14 <<a href="mailto:sc22wg14@open-std.org">sc22wg14@open-std.org</a>><br></span></div><br><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">At Delft, in the meeting segment on TS 18661 Part 3, concern was expressed about the use of the term "generic floating types", which is introduced in Parts 2 and 3 (and the existing Decimal TR), to refer to the float, double, and long double types (and not to the other floating types introduced in those specifications). The issue is the possible confusion with other uses of the term "generic" in the C Standard. At the CFP teleconference yesterday, we considered other terms and decided to recommend "traditional". For example, Part 2 would say: <div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>There are three <i>traditional floating types</i>, designated as float, double, and long double.</div><div><br></div><div>and:</div><div><br></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Together, the traditional floating types and the decimal floating types comprise the <i>real floating types</i>.</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Other terms we considered include "general", "default", and "classical".</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13px;">If you have concerns with this use of the term "traditional", please respond by May 31.</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13px;">- Jim Thomas</span></font></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>