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Re: [wg14/wg21 liaison] *_HAS_SUBNORM

From: Jens Maurer <Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden]>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 21:40:30 +0100
On 02/12/2021 17.18, Fred J. Tydeman via Liaison wrote:
> Issue for C++ liason group.
>
> The WG14 paper:
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2797.htm
> discusses several issues with the *_HAS_SUBNORM macros.

The existing text tries to give semantics to the *_HAS_SUBNORM
preprocessor macros.

The "Proposal" removes any mention of these macros and just adds
general text about subnormals.

That seems a step backwards; the values of the *_HAS_SUBNORM
macros should continue to be related to subnormal behavior
of the implementation.

Put differently, are you suggesting to remove the *_HAS_SUBNORM
macros from the C standard? If not, they appear to exist
without any semantic definition given your proposal.

Jens

Received on 2021-12-06 14:40:50