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Dr Ivan D. Reid

2004-03-27, 12:17 am

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:35:15 +0100, Arjen Markus <arjen.markus@wldelft.nl>
wrote in <405B0523.8FEF4C1C@wldelft.nl>:

> To round it up: the problem of getting user/configuration data has

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> many solutions, none of which is universally applicable.


I'm more used to truncating towards zero... ;-)

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Richard Maine

2004-03-27, 12:17 am

"Dr Ivan D. Reid" <Ivan.Reid@brunel.ac.uk> writes:

> On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:35:15 +0100, Arjen Markus <arjen.markus@wldelft.nl>
> wrote in <405B0523.8FEF4C1C@wldelft.nl>:
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> I'm more used to truncating towards zero... ;-)


F2003 (or the IEEE TR in f95) gives you both options.
See IEEE_SET_ROUNDING_MODE, and also the RD, RU, RZ, RN, and RP
edit descriptors.

(Some people might also mention the RC edit descriptor, but I won't.
:-)).

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