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From: "N.M. Maclaren" <nmm1@cam.ac.uk>
To: John Reid <John.Reid@stfc.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: [ukfortran] (SC22WG5.6009) IEEE_INT
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On Dec 20 2017, John Reid wrote:
>
>I suppose IEEE_UP and IEEE_DOWN give ConvertToIntegerTiesTowardPositive 
>and ConvertToIntegerTiesTowardNegative, that is, towards positive and 
>negative infinity, respectively. I think this needs to be said.

It would do no harm, and would help people who are not familiar with the
minutiae of IEEE 754.

>Does IEEE_OTHER give ConvertToIntegerTiesToEven?

Er, why?  That doesn't make sense.  The meaning of IEEE_OTHER is that
something other than the defined directions is in effect, so it should
be processor dependent.

>What about IEEE_NEAREST?

Now, THAT should be ConvertToIntegerTiesToEven.


Regards,
Nick.