<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I’m in favor of the change too, but think it should be in a separate proposal. There are other such misuses of return value, at least in Annex H. The paper should address all of them, and should be reviewed by CFP. I prefer not to hold up the proposal for the complex.h introduction to address this tangential issue.<div><br></div><div>- Jim Thomas<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 17, 2025, at 6:16 AM, RAJAN BHAKTA <rbhakta@us.ibm.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I am in favor of making that change. It can be an optional part of this proposal, or a separate one (I prefer the former).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Regards,<br><br><b>Rajan Bhakta</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div id="mail-editor-reference-message-container"><div><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">cfp-interest <<a href="mailto:cfp-interest-bounces@oakapple.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">cfp-interest-bounces@oakapple.net</a>> on behalf of Damian McGuckin <<a href="mailto:damianm@esi.com.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">damianm@esi.com.au</a>><br><b>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 6:04</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AM<br><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>CFP Interest <<a href="mailto:cfp-interest@oakapple.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">cfp-interest@oakapple.net</a>><br><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>[EXTERNAL] [cfp-interest 3442] (no subject)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>Given the proposed change to 7.3.1 where we now talk about return types,,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>consider 7.12.1 General (within Mathematics <math.h> which currently says:<br><br> The header <math.h> declares two types and many mathematical<br> functions and defines several macros. Most synopses specify a<br> family of functions consisting of a principal function with one or<br> more double parameters, a double return value, or both; and other<br> functions with the same name but with f and l suffixes, which are<br> corresponding functions with float and long double parameters,<br> return values, or both. 268)<br><br>Should the use of return values change to return types?<br><br>Thanks - Damian<br>_______________________________________________<br>cfp-interest mailing list<br><a href="mailto:cfp-interest@oakapple.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">cfp-interest@oakapple.net</a><br><a href="http://mailman.oakapple.net/mailman/listinfo/cfp-interest" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailman.oakapple.net_mailman_listinfo_cfp-2Dinterest&d=DwICAg&c=BSDicqBQBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ&r=XTIN0AwPKAf2bIKNxlzdeqggAytE5h-JEusWpx9MXwc&m=jKGYNuXfZMXzFNCWpdjiSynx65AU_pEOUit5n0aO_AtGYL5yIIxnbamEwXjt0P3r&s=kB_8ARNSLoh5kS73wwSkjirgMpAYmXgwoUVd_neXGkM&e=</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">cfp-interest mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="mailto:cfp-interest@oakapple.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">cfp-interest@oakapple.net</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://mailman.oakapple.net/mailman/listinfo/cfp-interest" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">http://mailman.oakapple.net/mailman/listinfo/cfp-interest</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>