[Cfp-interest 2196] Re: AI about max exponent macros

[Fred J. Tydeman]

On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 19:16:01 -0700 Jim Thomas wrote:
>
>Action item:
>>     Jim: Send out a change to CFP changing the wording of the FLT_MAX_EXP family of macros to say they are for 
>normalized numbers.
>> 
>
>
>Here's a draft. 
>
>https://wiki.edg.com/pub/CFP/WebHome/C23_proposal_-_clarification_for_max_exponent_macros-20211002.pdf 
><https://wiki.edg.com/pub/CFP/WebHome/C23_proposal_-_clarification_for_max_exponent_macros-20211002.pdf>
>
>Please review and send any comment ASAP.

I prefer FLT_MAX_EXP and FLT_MAX_NORM_EXP

There have been other macro definitions that had two (contradictory) meanings.
In this case, e_min is the contradiction.


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