Re: Rounding rule for P1788/M0037.01
On 2012-10-29 12:30:59 -0400, Michel Hack wrote:
> Perhaps we should offer a friendly amendment to replace that
> paragraph:
>
> "if there are two closest numbers, we use the default
> rounding mode defined for the format."
There isn't necessarily a notion of "default" rounding mode.
But you could say that the choice of the rounded value (among
the two closest numbers) is implementation-defined.
> This would also allow COBOL to use ties-away-from-zero, which
> is permitted by IEEE 754-2008 for decimal formats.
Yes.
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