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Re: [Fwd: Re: Neumaier-Pryce proposed decoration system (v03.2)]



Dan Zuras wrote:
The more complex approach of distinguishing the so called
"exact" infinities from overflows ends up with us having
endless fruitless debates about the nature of infinity.

If its all the same to you, I'd rather not.


Personally, I wouldn't be sad to see P1788 amend its position on Motion 3 such that IEEE 1788 is restricted to compact (closed and bounded) intervals.

Then we only have to deal with issues of overflow.

Nate