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size=2 face=Arial>I'd read that as the first use of 'characteristics' being
general English, but the second use '<FONT color=#000000 size=3
face="Times New Roman">characteristics provide information</FONT>' sounds
as though they are functions in an API?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>Mike</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Cfp-interest
[mailto:cfp-interest-bounces@oakapple.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jim
Thomas<BR><B>Sent:</B> 08 January 2021 03:49<BR><B>To:</B>
CFP<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Cfp-interest 1880] 5.2.4.2.2
clarification<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>5.2.4.2.2 begins with:<BR><BR>
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The characteristics of floating types are defined in terms of a model
that describes a representation of floating-point numbers
and values that provide information about an implementation’s
floating-point arithmetic.21)</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Presumably “that”
refers to “characteristics”, which isn’t clear from the
sentence structure. Here's a possible clarification:<BR><BR>
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The characteristics of floating types are defined in terms of a model
that describes a representation of floating-point numbers
and allows other values. The characteristics provide
information about an implementation’s floating-point
arithmetic.21)</BLOCKQUOTE>
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