diff --git a/specification/ch_2.xml b/specification/ch_2.xml index d8e9c44..620b06e 100644 --- a/specification/ch_2.xml +++ b/specification/ch_2.xml @@ -2827,7 +2827,6 @@ xml:id="dbdoclet.50655240_pgfId-1156194"> bits set to 1. , is undefined for all vector elements. -   Decimal Floating-Point (ISO TR 24732 Support) The decimal floating-point data type is used to specify variables @@ -2925,7 +2924,6 @@ xml:id="dbdoclet.50655240_pgfId-1156194"> -   IBM EXTENDED PRECISION @@ -2986,7 +2984,6 @@ xml:id="dbdoclet.50655240_pgfId-1156194">
-   IEEE BINARY 128 QUADRUPLE PRECISION @@ -3100,14 +3097,12 @@ xml:id="dbdoclet.50655240_pgfId-1156194">
-   IBM EXTENDED PRECISION && IEEE BINARY 128 QUADRUPLE PRECISION Availability of the long double data type is subject to conformance to a long double standard where the IBM EXTENDED PRECISION format and the IEEE BINARY 128 QUADRUPLE PRECISION format are mutually exclusive. -   IEEE BINARY 128 QUADRUPLE PRECISION || IBM EXTENDED PRECISION This ABI provides the following choices for implementation of @@ -3136,6 +3131,33 @@ xml:id="dbdoclet.50655240_pgfId-1156194"> long double ISO C type. However, this is not part of the C standard. + + This implementation differs from the IEEE 754 + Standard in the following ways: + + + The software support is restricted to + round-to-nearest mode. Programs that use extended + precision must ensure that this rounding mode is + in effect when extended-precision calculations are + performed. + + + This implementation does not fully support + the IEEE special numbers NaN and INF. These values + are encoded in the high-order double value + only. The low-order value is not significant, but + the low-order value of an infinity must be + positive or negative zero. + + + This implementation does not support the + IEEE status flags for overflow, underflow, and + other conditions. These flags have no meaning in + this format. + + + @@ -3178,9 +3200,10 @@ xml:id="dbdoclet.50655240_pgfId-1156194"> - This implementation differs from the IEEE 754 Standard in the + This implementation differs from + the IEEE 754 Standard in the following ways: - + The software support is restricted to round-to-nearest mode. Programs that use extended precision must ensure that this rounding