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Re: Motion P1788/M0006.04_Level_2_Multi-format YES

Michel

On 8 Sep 2009, at 21:56, Michel Hack wrote:

Two comments on the text of the motion:

(a)  The use of bold vs natural to distinguish interval variable
     names from point variable names is risky, as the distinction
     is not always easy to see, and may disappear entirely when
     a document is rendered in plain-text.  I prefer the Vienna
     approach of using double letters.
Hm. I thought I was sticking closely to the "standard notation" we chose (subject to later revision) in Motion 1. If such a basic part of it as the use of bold is doubtful, that notation is in trouble. 


(b)  Watch out for convertFromInt -- it *is* relevant that this
     is defined as a formatOf operation in 754, because rounding
     may be involved (e.g. from int64 to bfp64).


Thanks for that point.

John