Re: possible decision on interchange representation
Jürgen,
Yes, we can extend the voting, say, a week, to see if
there are any objections. I'd like an explicit word
from the editors about when they can deliver the final
version.
The July MSC teleconference will be July 8. It would be
nice to be able to announce that we can deliver (or have
delivered) the document then.
Best regards,
Baker
On 06/22/2014 12:18 AM, Jürgen Wolff von Gudenberg wrote:
Michel,
I fully agree
Jürgen
Baker,
I would prefer that everybody has an opportunity to see the
COMPLETELY FINAL text before we close the voting.
is this possible?
Jürgen
P1788
I hope that nobody was confused by my numbering of motions (the
final vote motion 63)
in contrast to George's (the final vote motion 62) and Baker's (the
final vote motion 0000)
and I apologize for not having exposed version 9.3 on the website
Jürgen
Am 20.06.2014 22:44, schrieb Michel Hack:
So I think the solution is to leave "Level 4" issues *entirely* to the
IEEE 754-2008 standard, with the exception of decorations (because the
754 standard explicitly excludes specification of integer formats).
We can give bit-level examples for both big-endian and little-endian
machines, but we should refer the reader to 754-2008 for details, and
not try a partial explanation. (The current bitstring exposition is
indeed incomplete since it doesn't mention the hidden unit bit, though
it is technically correct since it only "describes" the significand.)
For decorations, I suggest the following small-integer encoding:
ill 0
trv 4
def 8
dac 12
com 16
with a remark "This encoding permits future refinement without
disturbing the natural propagation order of the decorations,
and fits within the range of a C signed CHAR, namely 0..127."
I will now try to come up with actual text replacement for sections 14.4
and C6.2 -- the latter also needs to be cleansed of bit-string mentions,
notwithstanding my first impressions. Meanwhile I'll be monitoring your
comments. Please don't be silent; we don't have much time.
Michel.
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