Re: Draft: P1788.1 Standard for Interval Arithmetic (Simplified)
Hi Oliver,
> On Jul 27, 2015, at 2:33 PM, Oliver Heimlich <oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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.
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> How about calling it “reduced standard” or “essential standard”? Maybe a native speaker could recommend a suitable name.
IEEE’s point was there is no such a thing as “Basic Standard…” , perhaps “Essential” in parenthesis?
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> 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.”
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> - 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”.
Will take the above into account.
Regards,
Ned
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> Best regards
> Oliver Heimlich