From 30b118b58e2fa8cdf4cb2d34c07cc35cfec65f92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Waterman Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 18:25:19 -0800 Subject: Remove half-true description of tininess-after-rounding --- src/f.tex | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/f.tex') diff --git a/src/f.tex b/src/f.tex index 94c0920..c6a5259 100644 --- a/src/f.tex +++ b/src/f.tex @@ -299,9 +299,7 @@ provide exceptional default values. Operations on subnormal numbers are handled in accordance with the IEEE 754-2008 standard. -In the parlance of the IEEE standard, tininess is detected after -rounding---that is, the underflow exception is raised only if the rounded -result is subnormal, even if the unrounded result would have been subnormal. +In the parlance of the IEEE standard, tininess is detected after rounding. \begin{commentary} Detecting tininess after rounding results in fewer spurious underflow signals. -- cgit v1.1