From: Paul Graham (pgraham@cadence.com)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 12:01:39 PST
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> At least two major simulators (XL and MTI) forbid using reals in range
> specifications. But, the standard, as written, does seem allow it.
Then the standard is wrong.
I do not like the idea of always evaluating the ** operator using floating
point arithmetic. Doesn't everyone agree that an expression like 2**N
should be evaluated exactly the same as (1<<N), provided N is non-negative?
Floating point exponentiation is a much more complex process, typically
involving tables of logarithms, etc. There's no point in invoking all that
machinery just for the sake of combining several distinct cases into one.
Paul
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