Defect Report #238

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Submitter: Fred Tydeman (US)
Submission Date: 2001-02-25
Source:
Reference Document: ISO/IEC WG14 N943
Version: 1.2
Date: 2003-10-23 09:40:00
Subject: Decriptions of fma() overflow and underflow errors are missing.

Summary

The description section for fma() needs to mention possible overflow and underflow errors.

Details

All, but one, of the math functions that can overflow have as part of their description, a phrase about range error. The one function that is missing it is fma().

All, but one, of the math functions that can underflow have as part of their description, a phrase about range error. The one function that is missing it is fma().

Suggested Technical Corrigendum

In 7.12.13.1 fma add to description:

A range error may occur.

Proposed Technical Corrigendum

In 7.12.13.1 fma add to description:

A range error may occur.


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