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On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 3:41 PM Jens Maurer via Liaison
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>
> 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
>
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