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

[Jürgen Wolff von Gudenberg <wolff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ned
  I like it.
Jürgen

Am 28.07.2015 um 14:34 schrieb Ned Nedialkov:

Hi Oliver, 

On Jul 27, 2015, at 2:33 PM, Oliver Heimlich <oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 
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.

IEEE’s point was there is no such a thing as “Basic Standard…” , perhaps “Essential” in parenthesis? 

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”.

Will take the above into account. 

Regards,
Ned

Best regards
Oliver Heimlich