Re: Draft: P1788.1 Standard for Interval Arithmetic (Simplified)

[Oliver Heimlich <oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 27.07.2015 15:28, Ned Nedialkov wrote:
> I have attached a draft of the basic standard. IEEE did not like “Basic
> Standard”
> so it is "(Simplified)”.
> I would like to invite everybody for comments and suggestions.
>
> Best regards,
> Ned Nedialkov

I still have to look more deeply into the draft. I would recommend to 
not call it “simplified”, because that sounds like the document contains 
the same content and scope as IEEE Std 1788-2015 and only the wording 
has been simplified.  Having a similar name “1788.1” adds to this confusion.

How about calling it “reduced standard” or “essential standard”? Maybe a 
native speaker could recommend a suitable name.

I do not understand the last paragraph: “NOTE—If the following functions 
… are implemented as specified in the full IEEE Std 1788-2015 standard, 
this standard becomes a flavor of the full standard.”

- Aren't the hexadecimal, rational and uncertain form literals required 
in all flavors according to 9.7 of the full standard?
- You could add the reduction operations to the list of “not required” 
function.
- Also you would probably want to discard the word “standard” following 
the term “IEEE Std 1788-2015”.

Best regards
Oliver Heimlich