Public Comment Number PC-UK0136

ISO/IEC CD 9899 (SC22N2620) Public Comment

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Date: 1998-02-25
Author: N.M Maclaren
Author Affiliation: Self
Postal Address:
    University of Cambridge,
    Computer Laboratory,
    New Museums Site,
    Pembroke Street,
    Cambridge CB3 3QG,
    United Kingdom
E-mail Address: <nmm1@cam.ac.uk>
Telephone Number: +44 1223 334761
Fax Number:       +44 1223 334679
Number of individual comments: 1


Comment 1. 

Category: Editorial change/non-normative contribution

Committee Draft subsection: 7.7

Title: Obscure wording about constant arithmetic


Detailed description:

Paragraph 4 is extremely unclear.  How can a constant overflow?  Yes, I see
what this is trying to get at, but this is not how to phrase it.  I suggest
the wording:

    ..., if available.  If such a value is not available, it shall be a
    constraint error to use the value of the macro INFINITY as a value of
    type float.