[Cfp-interest 1751] Re: Underflow range error

[Fred J. Tydeman]

On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 10:25:05 +1000 (AEST) Damian McGuckin wrote:
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>On Tue, 11 Aug 2020, Fred J. Tydeman wrote:
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>>Attached is my first pass at words for the C standard about
>>exact subnormal results and three math functions.
>
>For the last 7.12.12.1#2 case, is not this more precise.
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>       For x and y both finite, a range error may (or will) occur
>       when x - y is too close-to-zero (or too large),
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>Just curious. Yes, it is longer.

My experience in combining multiple cases in one sentence leads
to misunderstandings.  It is better to have just one case per sentence.


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