Hi Jonathan: Thanks for providing that information!
On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:17 AM Jonathan Wakely via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 at 15:14, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > > > > On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 at 15:07, Gabriel Ravier via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > On 3/11/21 1:56 PM, Jonathan Wakely via Gcc wrote: > > > > On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 at 09:43, Kito Cheng via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> > > > > wrote: > > > >> Hi: > > > >> > > > >> Would it be possible to support interchange floating point and/or > > > >> extended floating point for C++, which is introduced by ISO/IEC TS > > > >> 18661-3? > > > >> > > > >> I've read the note about C++ support from the initial commit log[1], > > > >> so I know there is some concern about C++ support for that, is it > > > >> possible to enable that for C++ like a language extension for C++? > > > >> > > > >> The main demand comes from the data type for half-precision, ISO/IEC > > > >> TS 18661-3 is the only common spec which supports half-precision and > > > >> both GCC and clang are supported. > > > >> > > > >> However it can't be used on C++ for GCC, so it's hard to use that as a > > > >> workable solution for half-precision data types. > > > >> > > > >> Or maybe ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 WG14 N2016[2] is a better way for > > > >> half-precision data types? > > > > See https://wg21.link/p1467 and https://wg21.link/p1467 for the > > > > relevant C++ proposals. > > > Isn't that the same link two times ? > > > > The difference is smaller than epsilon. > > > > Sorry, the second one should be https://wg21.link/p14678 > > Argh! No, it should be https://wg21.link/p1468
