[Bug 2313] Tie precisionDecimal to IEEE754R more clearly

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=2313





------- Additional Comments From cmsmcq@w3.org  2006-01-04 13:43 -------
Two amended versions have been proposed in email recently:

(A) speaks of "the" revision of 754, not "a" revision, and moves "to 
that end".  Diffed against the earlier proposal, it is:

   This datatype is introduced to make a variant of decimal that
   corresponds more closely to the floating-point decimal datatypes
   described by [an]^the^ expected forthcoming revision of IEEE/ANSI 754.
   ^To that end,^ "Precision" of values is retained, and the special 
   values (two zeros, infinities, and not-a-number) are added 
   [to that end].

(B) follows (A) but deletes "to that end" entirely:

   This datatype is introduced to make a variant of decimal that
   corresponds more closely to the floating-point decimal datatypes
   described by [an]^the^ expected forthcoming revision of IEEE/ANSI 754.
   "Precision" of values is retained, and the special 
   values (two zeros, infinities, and not-a-number) are added 
   [to that end].

Received on Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:43:15 UTC