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NaN encodings
Hi,
The standard says:
6.2.1 NaN encodings in binary formats
[...]
For binary formats, the payload is encoded in the p-2 least
significant bits of the trailing significand field.
Shouldn't it say "binary *interchange* formats"?
(In particular one should be careful with the x87 extended precision,
whose format is similar to interchange formats, but does not have an
implicit leading significand bit of 1.)
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