Re: errata/274: LRM does not specify how Infinity and NaNs to be displayed for real numbers

From: Shalom Bresticker (Shalom.Bresticker@freescale.com)
Date: Wed May 19 2004 - 21:30:00 PDT

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    The following reply was made to PR errata/274; it has been noted by GNATS.

    From: Shalom Bresticker <Shalom.Bresticker@freescale.com>
    To: Steven Sharp <sharp@cadence.com>
    Cc: Shalom Bresticker <Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com>, etf-bugs@boyd.com
    Subject: Re: errata/274: LRM does not specify how Infinity and NaNs to be
     displayed for real numbers
    Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 07:39:00 +0300

     Hmmm. That is itself a statement which needs to be verified.
     I.e., does what is explicitly specified in the Verilog LRM contradict anything
     from C?
     
     Shalom
     
     
     Steven Sharp wrote:
     
    > I notice that the LRM doesn't fully describe the capabilities of the real
    > number formats either. It just says they "have the full formatting
    > capabilities available in the C language."
    >
    > Steven Sharp
    > sharp@cadence.com
     
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