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Re: names for numbers
Based on our discussions at the last style review, it seems that
floating-point numbers should be partitioned along 2 dimensions.
FINITE INFINITE
ZERO a.k.a. zero no such beasties
there are 2 such:
+0 and -0
NONZERO a.k.a. finite nonzero a.k.a. infinity
there are 2 ...
Would it be appropriate to put such tables near Table 1 in Section 5?
If anything these should be definitions in section 3 -- but really the
only possible confusion of the four above is whether 'non-zero' includes
the infinities. These can be made explicit by just ensuring that
'non-zero' is qualified whenever the term is used (I believe Steve was
going to do a pass through the draft to check for those.)
mfc