Re: Motion P1788/0023.01:NoMidRad -- I vote No.
No on Motion 23.
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Ralph Baker Kearfott <rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> P-1788,
>
> The motion discussion period has run out on October 5. Although
> there are several other issues also presently past their discussion period,
> those are not closely related to this issue, and it is important
> that this issue be decided soon. Thus, I have decided to bring this
> issue to a vote separately.
>
> Here, let us agree that "support" in this motion means that
> operations on the object, possibly including accuracy and
> reproducibility requirements, are explicitly defined in the
> standard. Also, by "nonstandard intervals," let us agree that
> this means Kaucher arithmetic. (Otherwise, one might think "nonstandard"
> meant "anything not in the standard," something that would
> not make sense in this context.)
>
> The voting will continue until after Sunday, October 31, 2010, or
> until such time as the Voting Tabulator deems is appropriate.
>
> Juergen: Please post this information on the web page.
>
> Guillaume: Please record this in the minutes.
>
> The motion is as follows:
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> The standard shall not support a midrad interval format or
> nonstandard intervals, beyond providing conversion support,
> approximately to the extent specified in the Vienna Proposal.
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> Best regards,
>
> Baker
>
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