602. [dec.tr] "generic floating type" not defined.

Section: 3 [dec.tr::trdec.types] Status: TRDec Submitter: Daniel Krügler Opened: 2006-05-28 Last modified: 2016-01-31

Priority: Not Prioritized

View all other issues in [dec.tr::trdec.types].

View all issues with TRDec status.

Discussion:

The document uses the term "generic floating types," but defines it nowhere.

Proposed resolution:

Change the first paragraph of "3 Decimal floating-point types" as follows:

This Technical Report introduces three decimal floating-point types, named decimal32, decimal64, and decimal128. The set of values of type decimal32 is a subset of the set of values of type decimal64; the set of values of the type decimal64 is a subset of the set of values of the type decimal128. Support for decimal128 is optional. These types supplement the Standard C++ types float, double, and long double, which are collectively described as the basic floating types.