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Re: [Stds-754] Amendment to Motion21
Your amendment has been added to item 21. - Dan
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 09:34:56 -0700
From: "Tsen Jr, S Charles" <s.charles.tsen.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Stds-754] Amendment to Motion21
I would like to amend motion21. The modified text would read:
"If G0 through G4 are 11111, then v is NaN regardless
of S. Furthermore, if G5 is 1, then r is sNaN; otherwise
r is qNaN. The remaining bits of G are ignored, and T
constitutes the NaN's payload, which can be used to
distinguish various NaNs.
The NaN payload is encoded similarly to finite numbers
described below, with G treated as though all bits were
zero. The payload corresponds to the significand of
finite numbers, interpreted as an integer with a maximum
value of 10^(3*J)-1, and the exponent is ignored (it is
treated as if it were zero). A NaN is in its preferred
(canonical) representation if the bits G6 -- Gw+4 are
zero and the encoding of the payload is canonical."
Thanks to Michel Hack and Mike Cowlishaw for helping with this improved
wording.
Charles Tsen