Re: Motion: Clarify convert-to-signed, convert-to-unsigned, clamp-to-signed, clamp-to-unsigned

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        This is item 16 on the July agenda.  - Dan

> Subject: Motion: Clarify convert-to-signed, convert-to-unsigned, 
> clamp-to-signed, clamp-to-unsigned
> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:08:48 -0700
> From: "James, David V" <david.v.james@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "David Hough 754R work" <754r@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <stds-754@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Background:
> The first attempt to revised the brief conversion text in the draft
> has led to a raft of questions. To address these questions in detail,
> a specific table (rather than abstract reference to a rounding table,
> with "similar" rounding) is needed. Such tables are provided.
>
> Rather than fixing this problem in adhoc ways and introverted rules,
> listing the specific rounding results is needed.
>
> As always, editorial reviews can fix-up the text, if
> ambuiguities or nontechnical errors are discovered.
>
> I understand this is late-coming, but feel this a better/complete
> solution when compared to hastily generated text patches.
>
>
> Motion:
>
> Incorporate pages 51-to-58 of:
>   http://dvjames.com/esync/FloatTables2006Jun22.pdf
> Where the result of conversions to integer are listed in a clear
> and exact fashion.