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% Debugging routines
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(VM status - ) print
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(beginning of common prolog) VMSDebug
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(beginning of page) VMSDebug
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PaperWidth
PaperHeight
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Resolution
Magnification
Ymax
RasterScaleFactor
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/DviLaserFonts save def
/DviLaserPage save def
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% Abbreviations
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/SV /save load def
/RST /restore load def
/Yadjust {Ymax exch sub} bdef
% (x,y) position absolute, just set Xpos & Ypos, don't move.
/SXY {
Yadjust
/Ypos xdef /Xpos xdef
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% (x,y) position absolute
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Yadjust
2 copy /Ypos xdef /Xpos xdef
moveto
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currentpoint exch pop
2 copy /Ypos xdef /Xpos xdef
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neg rmoveto
currentpoint /Ypos xdef /Xpos xdef
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currentpoint /Ypos xdef /Xpos xdef
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tfd begin
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/Encoding 256 array dup 97 /a put def
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pop % ignore font dict, too
wd 0 0 0 wd ht setcachedevice
wd ht true
[1 0 0 -1 0 ht] {<FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF>} imagemask
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/tf tfd definefont setfont
(a) show
restore
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{gsave
0 setgray
currentpoint
newpath
moveto
0.0 ht rlineto
wd 0.0 rlineto
0.0 ht neg rlineto
wd neg 0.0 rlineto
closepath fill
grestore
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ifelse
wd 0.0 rmoveto
currentpoint /Ypos xdef /Xpos xdef
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%
% <PXL-file resolution(pix/inch)> <resolution(pix/inch)> RES
%
/RES {
/Resolution xdef
/PxlResolution xdef
/RasterScaleFactor PxlResolution Resolution div def
DoInitialScaling
} bdef
%
% Do initial scaling.
%
/DoInitialScaling {
InitialMatrix setmatrix
72.0 Resolution div dup scale
} bdef
%
% <paper-height(pix)> <paper-width(pix)> PM
%
/PM {
XP
/PaperWidth xdef
/PaperHeight xdef
/Ymax PaperHeight def
/PortraitMode true def
DoInitialScaling
RP
} bdef
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% <paper-height(pix)> <paper-width(pix)> LM
%
/LM {
XP
/PaperWidth xdef
/PaperHeight xdef
/Ymax PaperWidth def
/PortraitMode false def
DoInitialScaling
PaperWidth 0 SetupLandscape
RP
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% Change magnification setting
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XP
/Magnification xdef
RP
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% Switch to landscape mode
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translate
90.0 rotate
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% This is the PostScript procedure used to transfer from the internal
% environment used for the DVI translation code emitted by DVIPS to
% a standard PostScript environment.
%
% Parameters: 0 - Local
% 1 - Global
% 2 - Inline
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/spc_mode xdef
spc_mode 0 eq spc_mode 2 eq or
{XP}
{spc_mode 1 eq {GlobalMode} if}
ifelse
Resolution 72.0 div dup scale % Restore default scaling...
Magnification 1000.0 div dup scale % Adjust for any magnification...
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%
% This is the PostScript procedure used to reenter the internal
% environment used for the DVI translation code emitted by DVIPS from
% the standard PostScript environment provided for processing user-supplied
% PostScript code.
%
% Parameters: 0 - Local
% 1 - Global
% 2 - Inline
%
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/spc_mode xdef
1000.0 Magnification div dup scale % Un-adjust for any magnification...
72.0 Resolution div dup scale % Restore default internal scaling...
spc_mode 0 eq spc_mode 2 eq or
{RP}
{spc_mode 1 eq {LocalMode} if}
ifelse
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% <num-copies> PP
%
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/#copies xdef
showpage
/#copies 1 def
} bdef
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% /font-name <point-size(pix)> DMF
%
/DMF {
/psz xdef
/nam xdef
nam findfont psz scalefont setfont
} bdef
%
% /abcd (xxx) str-concat ==> /abcdxxx
%
/str-concatstr 64 string def
/str-concat {
/xxx xdef
/nam xdef
/namstr nam str-concatstr cvs def
/newnam namstr length xxx length add string def
newnam 0 namstr putinterval
newnam namstr length xxx putinterval
newnam cvn
} bdef
%
% /abcdef 2 str-strip ==> /cdef
%
/str-strip {
/num xdef
/nam xdef
/namstr nam tempstr cvs def
/newlen namstr length num sub def
namstr num newlen getinterval
cvn
} bdef
%
% <old-dict> copydict ==> new-dict on stack
%
/copydict {
dup length 1 add dict /newdict xdef
{1 index /FID ne
{newdict 3 1 roll put}
{pop pop}
ifelse
} forall
newdict
} bdef
%
% <font-type> DefineCMEncoding
%
/DefineCMEncoding {
/EncodeType xdef
/CMEncoding 256 array def
/Times-Roman findfont /Encoding get aload pop CMEncoding astore pop
EncodeType 11 eq {Do-CM-rm-encoding} if
EncodeType 12 eq {Do-CM-it-encoding} if
EncodeType 13 eq {Do-CM-tt-encoding} if
} bdef
%
% Do special mappings for the various CM-font types. Characters that
% get "covered up" are repositioned in the range (128,128+32).
%
/Do-standard-CM-encodings {
CMEncoding
dup 0 /.notdef put
dup 1 /.notdef put
dup 2 /.notdef put
dup 3 /.notdef put
dup 4 /.notdef put
dup 5 /.notdef put
dup 6 /.notdef put
dup 7 /.notdef put
dup 8 /.notdef put
dup 9 /.notdef put
dup 10 /.notdef put
dup 11 /.notdef put
dup 12 /fi put
dup 13 /fl put
dup 14 /.notdef put
dup 15 /.notdef put
dup 16 /dotlessi put
dup 17 /.notdef put
dup 18 /grave put
dup 19 /acute put
dup 20 /caron put
dup 21 /breve put
dup 22 /macron put
dup 23 /ring put
dup 24 /cedilla put
dup 25 /germandbls put
dup 26 /ae put
dup 27 /oe put
dup 28 /oslash put
dup 29 /AE put
dup 30 /OE put
dup 31 /Oslash put
dup 127 /dieresis put
dup 128 /space put
dup 129 /quotedbl put
dup 130 /sterling put
dup 131 /dollar put
dup 132 /less put
dup 133 /greater put
dup 134 /backslash put
dup 135 /asciicircum put
dup 136 /underscore put
dup 137 /braceleft put
dup 138 /bar put
dup 139 /braceright put
dup 140 /asciitilde put
pop
} bdef
/Do-CM-rm-encoding {
Do-standard-CM-encodings
CMEncoding
dup 32 /.notdef put
dup 34 /quotedblright put
dup 60 /exclamdown put
dup 62 /questiondown put
dup 92 /quotedblleft put
dup 94 /circumflex put
dup 95 /dotaccent put
dup 123 /endash put
dup 124 /emdash put
dup 125 /hungarumlaut put
dup 126 /tilde put
pop
} bdef
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Do-standard-CM-encodings
CMEncoding
dup 32 /.notdef put
dup 34 /quotedblright put
dup 36 /sterling put
dup 60 /exclamdown put
dup 62 /questiondown put
dup 92 /quotedblleft put
dup 94 /circumflex put
dup 95 /dotaccent put
dup 123 /endash put
dup 124 /emdash put
dup 125 /hungarumlaut put
dup 126 /tilde put
pop
} bdef
/Do-CM-tt-encoding {
Do-standard-CM-encodings
CMEncoding
dup 12 /.notdef put
dup 13 /quotesingle put
dup 14 /exclamdown put
dup 15 /questiondown put
dup 94 /circumflex put
dup 126 /tilde put
pop
} bdef
%
% Routines to handle packing/unpacking numbers.
%
% <target> <pos> <num> PackHW --> <new target>
%
/PackHW {
/num xdef
/pos xdef
/target xdef
num 16#0000FFFF and 1 pos sub 16 mul bitshift
target or
} bdef
%
% <target> <pos> <num> PackByte --> <new target>
%
/PackByte {
/num xdef
/pos xdef
/target xdef
num 16#000000FF and 3 pos sub 8 mul bitshift
target or
} bdef
%
% <pos> <num> UnpkHW --> <unpacked value>
%
/UnpkHW {
/num xdef
/pos xdef
num 1 pos sub -16 mul bitshift 16#0000FFFF and
dup 16#00007FFF gt {16#00010000 sub} if
} bdef
%
% <pos> <num> UnpkByte --> <unpacked value>
%
/UnpkByte {
/num xdef
/pos xdef
num 3 pos sub -8 mul bitshift 16#000000FF and
dup 16#0000007F gt {16#00000100 sub} if
} bdef
%
% <int-font-name> <ext-font-name> <pt-sz(pix)> <type> <loaded-fg> DefineCMFont
%
% type 10: "as-is" PostScript font
% type 11: CM-mapped PostScript font - roman
% type 12: CM-mapped PostScript font - text italic
% type 13: CM-mapped PostScript font - typewriter type
%
/int-dict-name {int (-dict) str-concat} bdef
/int-dict {int (-dict) str-concat cvx load} bdef
/DF {
true % signal that the font is already loaded
DefineCMFont
} bdef
/DNF {
false % signal that the font is not already loaded
DefineCMFont
} bdef
/DefineCMFont {
/loaded xdef
/typ xdef
/psz xdef
/ext xdef
/int xdef
typ 10 ne
{ % font_type = 11, 12, 13
loaded not
{ /fnam ext 3 str-strip def
fnam findfont copydict /newdict xdef
typ DefineCMEncoding
newdict /Encoding CMEncoding put
ext newdict definefont pop
} if
int-dict-name ext findfont psz scalefont def
currentdict int [int-dict /setfont cvx] cvx put
}
{ % font_type = 10
/fnam ext def
int-dict-name fnam findfont psz scalefont def
currentdict int [int-dict /setfont cvx] cvx put
}
ifelse
} bdef
%
% <int-font-name> <ext-font-name> <pt-sz(pix)> <PXL mag> <num-chars>
% [llx lly urx ury] <newfont-fg> DefinePXLFont
%
/PXLF {
true % signal that the font is already loaded
DefinePXLFont
} bdef
/PXLNF {
false % signal that the font is not already loaded
DefinePXLFont
} bdef
/PXLBuildCharDict 17 dict def
/CMEncodingArray 256 array def
0 1 255 {CMEncodingArray exch dup tempstr cvs cvn put} for
/RasterConvert {RasterScaleFactor div} bdef
/TransformBBox {
aload pop
/BB-ury xdef
/BB-urx xdef
/BB-lly xdef
/BB-llx xdef
[BB-llx RasterConvert BB-lly RasterConvert
BB-urx RasterConvert BB-ury RasterConvert]
} bdef
/DefinePXLFont {
/newfont xdef
/bb xdef
/num xdef
/psz xdef
/dsz xdef
/pxlmag xdef
/ext xdef
/int xdef
/fnam ext (-) str-concat pxlmag tempstr cvs str-concat def
newfont not {
int-dict-name 13 dict def
int-dict begin
/FontType 3 def
/FontMatrix [1 dsz div 0 0 1 dsz div 0 0] def
/FontBBox bb TransformBBox def
/Encoding CMEncodingArray def
/CharDict 1 dict def
CharDict begin
/Char-Info num array def
end
/BuildChar
{
PXLBuildCharDict begin
/char xdef
/fontdict xdef
fontdict /CharDict get /Char-Info get char get aload pop
/rasters xdef
/PackedWord1 xdef
0 PackedWord1 UnpkHW 16#7FFF ne
{ /PackedWord2 xdef
/wx 0 PackedWord1 UnpkHW def
/rows 2 PackedWord1 UnpkByte def
/cols 3 PackedWord1 UnpkByte def
/llx 0 PackedWord2 UnpkByte def
/lly 1 PackedWord2 UnpkByte def
/urx 2 PackedWord2 UnpkByte def
/ury 3 PackedWord2 UnpkByte def }
{ /PackedWord2 xdef
/PackedWord3 xdef
/PackedWord4 xdef
/wx 1 PackedWord1 UnpkHW def
/rows 0 PackedWord2 UnpkHW def
/cols 1 PackedWord2 UnpkHW def
/llx 0 PackedWord3 UnpkHW def
/lly 1 PackedWord3 UnpkHW def
/urx 0 PackedWord4 UnpkHW def
/ury 1 PackedWord4 UnpkHW def }
ifelse
rows 0 lt
{ /rows rows neg def
/runlength 1 def }
{ /runlength 0 def }
ifelse
wx 0
llx RasterConvert lly RasterConvert
urx RasterConvert ury RasterConvert setcachedevice
rows 0 ne
{
gsave
cols rows true
RasterScaleFactor 0 0 RasterScaleFactor neg llx neg ury
tempmatrix astore
{GenerateRasters} imagemask
grestore
} if
end
} def
end
fnam int-dict definefont pop
} if
int-dict-name fnam findfont psz scalefont def
currentdict int [int-dict /setfont cvx] cvx put
} bdef
%
% <int-font-name> <code> <wx> <llx> <lly> <urx> <ury> <rows> <cols> <runlength> <rasters> PXLC
%
/PXLC {
/rasters xdef
/runlength xdef
/cols xdef
/rows xdef
/ury xdef
/urx xdef
/lly xdef
/llx xdef
/wx xdef
/code xdef
/int xdef
% See if the long or short format is required
true cols CKSZ rows CKSZ ury CKSZ urx CKSZ lly CKSZ llx CKSZ
TackRunLengthToRows
{ int-dict /CharDict get /Char-Info get code
[0 0 llx PackByte 1 lly PackByte 2 urx PackByte 3 ury PackByte
0 0 wx PackHW 2 rows PackByte 3 cols PackByte
rasters] put}
{ int-dict /CharDict get /Char-Info get code
[0 0 urx PackHW 1 ury PackHW
0 0 llx PackHW 1 lly PackHW
0 0 rows PackHW 1 cols PackHW
0 0 16#7FFF PackHW 1 wx PackHW
rasters] put}
ifelse
} bdef
/CKSZ {abs 127 le and} bdef
/TackRunLengthToRows {runlength 0 ne {/rows rows neg def} if} bdef
%
% <wx> <dsz> <psz> <llx> <lly> <urx> <ury> <rows> <cols> <runlength> <rasters> PLOTC
%
/PLOTC {
/rasters xdef
/runlength xdef
/cols xdef
/rows xdef
/ury xdef
/urx xdef
/lly xdef
/llx xdef
/psz xdef
/dsz xdef
/wx xdef
% "Plot" a character's raster pattern.
rows 0 ne
{
gsave
currentpoint translate
psz dsz div dup scale
cols rows true
RasterScaleFactor 0 0 RasterScaleFactor neg llx neg ury
tempmatrix astore
{GenerateRasters} imagemask
grestore
} if
wx x
} bdef
% Routine to generate rasters for "imagemask".
/GenerateRasters {
rasters
runlength 1 eq {RunLengthToRasters} if
} bdef
% Routine to convert from runlength encoding back to rasters.
/RunLengthToRasters {
% ...not done yet...
} bdef
%
% These procedures handle bitmap processing.
%
% <bitmap columns> <bitmap rows> <bitmap pix/inch> <magnification> BMbeg
%
/BMbeg {
/BMmagnification xdef
/BMresolution xdef
/BMrows xdef
/BMcols xdef
/BMcurrentrow 0 def
gsave
0.0 setgray
Resolution BMresolution div dup scale
currentpoint translate
BMmagnification 1000.0 div dup scale
0.0 BMrows moveto
BMrows dup scale
currentpoint translate
/BMCheckpoint save def
} bdef
/BMend {
BMCheckpoint restore
grestore
} bdef
%
% <hex raster bitmap> <rows> BMswath
%
/BMswath {
/rows xdef
/rasters xdef
BMcols rows true
[BMrows 0 0 BMrows neg 0 BMcurrentrow neg]
{rasters}
imagemask
/BMcurrentrow BMcurrentrow rows add def
BMcurrentrow % save this on the stack around a restore...
BMCheckpoint restore
/BMcurrentrow xdef
/BMCheckpoint save def
} bdef
%
% Procedures for implementing the "rotate <theta>" special:
% <theta> ROTB -
% - ROTE -
/ROTB {
XP
gsave
Xpos Ypos translate
rotate % using <theta> from the stack
Xpos neg Ypos neg translate
RP
} bdef
/ROTE {XP grestore RP} bdef
%
% Procedures for implementing the "epsfile <filename> [<mag>]" special:
% <llx> <lly> <mag> EPSB -
% - EPSE -
/EPSB {
0 SPB
save
4 1 roll % push the savelevel below the parameters
/showpage {} def
Xpos Ypos translate
1000 div dup scale % using <mag> from the stack
neg exch neg exch translate % using <llx> <lly> from the stack
} bdef
/EPSE {restore 0 SPE} bdef
%
% Procedure for implementing revision bars:
% <bary1> <bary2> <barx> <barw> REVB -
% The bar is a line of width barw drawn from (barx,bary1) to (barx,bary2).
/REVB {
/barw xdef
/barx xdef
/bary2 xdef
/bary1 xdef
gsave
barw setlinewidth
barx bary1 Yadjust moveto
barx bary2 Yadjust lineto
stroke
grestore
} bdef
%
% A small dictionary to facilitate The Publisher's implementation
% of gray table cells.
/grpm 40 dict def
%
% Procedures for implementing the "paper <source>" option:
% <name> <eop> SPS -
% <eop> paper-manual -
% etc. The boolean <eop> is passed so that a paper source procedure
% knows if it is being called at the beginning (false) or end
% (true) of a page.
/SPS {
/eop xdef
/name xdef
name where {pop eop name cvx exec} if
} bdef
/paper-manual {
{statusdict /manualfeed known
{statusdict /manualfeed true put}
if}
if
} bdef
/paper-automatic {
{statusdict /manualfeed known
{statusdict /manualfeed false put}
if}
if
} bdef
/paper-top-tray {
{}
{statusdict /setpapertray known
{statusdict begin 0 setpapertray end}
if}
ifelse
} bdef
/paper-bottom-tray {
{}
{statusdict /setpapertray known
{statusdict begin 1 setpapertray end}
if}
ifelse
} bdef
/paper-both-trays {
{}
{statusdict /setpapertray known
{statusdict begin 2 setpapertray end}
if}
ifelse
} bdef
(end of common prolog) VMSDebug
end
systemdict /setpacking known
{savepackingmode setpacking}
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50 y 327 X(programmer)S 14 x(will)S 14 x(choose)S 14 x(for)S 14 x
(the)S 14 x(application)S 14 x(dictates)S 14 x(that)S 15 x(the)S
14 x(package)S 14 x(containing)S 14 x(the)S 14 x(elementary)S 14 x
(functions)S 14 x(be)S 14 x(made)S 50 y 327 X(generic)S 17 x(on)S
17 x(the)S 16 x(type)S 17 x(of)S 17 x(their)S 17 x(formal)S 17 x
(parameters)S 17 x(and)S 16 x(returned)S 16 x(value.)S 59 y 410 X
(For)S 11 x(that)S 12 x(reason)S 12 x(the)S 12 x(elementary)S 12 x
(functions)S 12 x(package)S 11 x(is)S 11 x(indeed)S 12 x(generic.)S
18 x(It)S 12 x(is)S 12 x(named)S
XP /F53 71 22 2 0 20 25 25 24 0
<03E300 07FF00 1FFF00 3E1F00 3C0F00 780F00 780700 700700 F00000
E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E03F80 E07FC0 E03F80 F00700 700700
780F00 780F00 3C0F00 3E1F00 1FFF00 07FF00 03E700>
PXLC RP
1754 1900 XY F53(GE)S
XP /F53 78 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7E1FC0 FF3FE0 7F1FC0 1D0700 1D8700 1D8700 1D8700 1DC700 1DC700
1CC700 1CC700 1CE700 1CE700 1CE700 1C6700 1C6700 1C7700 1C7700
1C3700 1C3700 1C3700 1C1700 7F1F00 FF9F00 7F0F00>
PXLC RP
1798 1900 XY F53(NE)S
XP /F53 82 22 1 0 21 25 25 24 0
<7FE000 FFF800 7FFC00 1C1E00 1C0F00 1C0700 1C0700 1C0700 1C0700
1C0F00 1C1E00 1FFC00 1FF800 1FFC00 1C1C00 1C0E00 1C0E00 1C0E00
1C0E00 1C0E20 1C0E70 1C0E70 7F07E0 FF87E0 7F03C0>
PXLC RP
1841 1900 XY F53(RI)S
XP /F53 67 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<01F180 07FF80 0FFF80 1F0F80 3C0780 780780 780380 700380 F00000
E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 F00000 700380
780380 780380 3C0780 1F0F00 0FFE00 07FC00 01F000>
PXLC RP
1885 1900 XY F53(C_E)S
XP /F53 76 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FFC000 FFC000 FFC000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000
1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0040
1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0>
PXLC RP
1950 1900 XY F53(LE)S
XP /F53 77 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FC07E0 FE0FE0 FE0FE0 3A0B80 3B1B80 3B1B80 3B1B80 3B1B80 3B1B80
3BBB80 39B380 39B380 39B380 39B380 39F380 38E380 38E380 380380
380380 380380 380380 380380 FE0FE0 FE0FE0 FE0FE0>
PXLC RP
1994 1900 XY F53(MENT)S
XP /F53 65 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<00E000 01F000 01F000 01B000 01B000 03B800 03B800 03B800 031800
071C00 071C00 071C00 071C00 071C00 0E0E00 0E0E00 0FFE00 0FFE00
1FFF00 1C0700 1C0700 1C0700 7F1FC0 FF1FE0 7F1FC0>
PXLC RP
2081 1900 XY F53(AR)S
XP /F53 89 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FE0FE0 FF1FE0 FE0FE0 1C0700 1C0700 0E0E00 0E0E00 071C00 071C00
071C00 03B800 03B800 01F000 01F000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000
00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 03F800 07FC00 03F800>
PXLC RP
2124 1900 XY F53(Y_)S
XP /F53 70 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FFFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C0000 1C0000
1C1C00 1C1C00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1C1C00 1C1C00 1C0000 1C0000
1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 FF8000 FFC000 FF8000>
PXLC RP
2168 1900 XY F53(F)S
XP /F53 85 22 0 0 21 25 25 24 0
<7F07F0 FF8FF8 7F07F0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0
1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0
1C01C0 0E0380 0E0380 070700 07FF00 03FE00 00F800>
PXLC RP
2190 1900 XY F53(UNC)S
XP /F53 45 22 2 11 19 14 3 24 0
<FFFF80 FFFF80 FFFF80>
PXLC RP
2255 1900 XY F53(-)S 50 y 327 X(TION)S
XP /F53 83 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<07E300 1FFF00 7FFF00 781F00 F00F00 E00700 E00700 E00000 F00000
780000 7F8000 1FF000 07FC00 00FE00 000F00 000780 000380 000380
E00380 E00380 F00780 F80F00 FFFE00 FFFC00 C7F000>
PXLC RP
414 1950 XY F53(S)S F6(,)S 11 x(and)S 10 x(it)S 10 x(has)S 10 x(one)S
10 x(generic)S 11 x(formal)S 11 x(parameter,)S 11 x(which)S 10 x(is)S
10 x(a)S 11 x(generic)S 10 x(formal)S 10 x(type)S 10 x(named)S 10 x
F53(FLOAT_TY)S
XP /F53 80 22 1 0 19 25 25 24 0
<7FF800 FFFE00 7FFF00 1C0F80 1C0380 1C03C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0
1C03C0 1C0380 1C0F80 1FFF00 1FFE00 1FF800 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000
1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 7F0000 FF8000 7F0000>
PXLC RP
1946 1950 XY F53(PE)S F6(.)S 11 x(An)S 11 x(instantiation)S 49 y
327 X(of)S 16 x(the)S 16 x(generic)S 16 x(package)S 16 x(with)S 17 x
(a)S 16 x(generic)S 17 x(actual)S 16 x(type)S 17 x(\(which)S 16 x
(can)S 16 x(be)S 17 x(any)S 17 x(\015oating-point)S 16 x(subtype\))S
16 x(produces)S 16 x(a)S 16 x(package)S 50 y 327 X(containing)S 15 x
(elementary)S 15 x(functions)S 15 x(that)S 15 x(can)S 14 x(be)S 15 x
(invoked)S 14 x(with)S 15 x(an)S 15 x(ar)S -1 x(gument)S 14 x(or)S
15 x(ar)S -1 x(guments)S 14 x(of)S 15 x(that)S 15 x(subtype.)S 2202 Y
327 X F52(Can)S 19 x(the)S 19 x(generic)S 19 x(actual)S 19 x(type)S
19 x(contain)S 19 x(a)S 19 x(range)S 19 x(constraint?)S 2284 Y 410 X
F6(Until)S 21 x(November)S 21 x(1990,)S 23 x(the)S 21 x(answer)S
20 x(to)S 21 x(this)S 21 x(question)S 21 x(was)S 20 x(yes,)S 22 x
(but)S 21 x(at)S 21 x(that)S 21 x(time)S 21 x(the)S 20 x(proposed)S
20 x(standard)S 20 x(was)S 50 y 327 X(changed)S 15 x(to)S 15 x(make)S
15 x(the)S 14 x(answer)S 15 x(dependent)S 15 x(on)S 15 x(the)S 15 x
(implementation.)S 21 x(That)S 14 x(is,)S 15 x(implementations)S
15 x(are)S 15 x(allowed)S 15 x(to)S 15 x(impose)S 15 x(a)S 50 y
327 X(restriction)S 11 x(that)S 11 x(the)S 11 x(generic)S 11 x
(actual)S 11 x(type)S 11 x(must)S 11 x(not)S 11 x(contain)S 11 x(a)S
11 x(range)S 11 x(constraint)S 11 x(that)S 11 x(reduces)S 11 x(the)S
11 x(range)S 11 x(of)S 11 x(allowable)S 11 x(values;)S 50 y 327 X
(alternatively,)S 12 x(they)S 12 x(may)S 12 x(permit)S 12 x(such)S
12 x(range)S 12 x(constraints)S 12 x(\(but)S 12 x(then)S 12 x(they)S
12 x(have)S 12 x(an)S 12 x(obligation)S 13 x(to)S 12 x(prevent)S
12 x(a)S 12 x(range)S 12 x(constraint)S 49 y 327 X(in)S 19 x(the)S
19 x(generic)S 19 x(actual)S 19 x(type)S 19 x(from)S 19 x
(interfering)S 19 x(with)S 19 x(their)S 19 x(ability)S 19 x(to)S
19 x(deliver)S 19 x(a)S 19 x(value,)S 20 x(which)S 19 x(constrains)S
19 x(the)S 19 x(available)S 50 y 327 X(implementation)S 14 x
(strategies)S 14 x(somewhat\).)S 19 x(So)S 14 x(that)S 13 x(users)S
14 x(will)S 14 x(know)S 14 x(what)S 14 x(to)S 14 x(expect)S 14 x
(from)S 14 x(any)S 14 x(particular)S 14 x(implementation,)S 50 y
327 X(such)S 17 x(a)S 17 x(restriction)S 18 x(must)S 17 x(be)S 17 x
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(diately.)S 18 x(Since)S 10 x(the)S 11 x(role)S 11 x(of)S 11 x(the)S
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50 y 327 X(ments)S 16 x(to)S 15 x(temporary)S 15 x(variables)S 16 x
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15 x(the)S 15 x(body\320even)S 15 x(when)S 16 x(the)S 16 x(ar)S -1 x
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327 342 XY F6(function)S 16 x(invocation,)S 17 x(as)S 16 x(well)S
16 x(as)S 16 x(the)S 17 x(\014nal)S 16 x(result)S 16 x(\(if)S 16 x
(it)S 16 x(could)S 16 x(only)S 17 x(be)S 16 x(computed\),)S 16 x
(satis)S
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327 X(user)S 19 x(must)S 19 x(accept)S 18 x(the)S 18 x
(responsibility)S 19 x(of)S 19 x(being)S 18 x(able)S 19 x(to)S 19 x
(pass)S 18 x(values)S 18 x(into)S 18 x(and)S 18 x(out)S 19 x(of)S
19 x(an)S 18 x(elementary)S 18 x(function)S 18 x(whose)S 50 y 327 X
(ar)S -1 x(gument)S 18 x(and)S 17 x(result)S 17 x(type)S 17 x(are)S
17 x(range)S 17 x(constrained,)S 18 x(of)S 17 x(course,)S 17 x
(since)S 17 x(constraint)S 17 x(checks)S 17 x(are)S 17 x(required)S
17 x(by)S 17 x(Ada)S 17 x(in)S 17 x(those)S 50 y 327 X(contexts)S
16 x(and)S 16 x(nothing)S 16 x(the)S 15 x(implementor)S 15 x(does)S
16 x(in)S 16 x(the)S 15 x(body)S 16 x(can)S 15 x(avoid)S 15 x(them.)S
23 x(So,)S 16 x(for)S 16 x(example,)S 16 x(if)S 16 x(the)S 15 x
(user)S 15 x(instantiates)S 50 y 327 X F53
(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S 11 x F6(with)S 17 x(a)S 16 x(type)S
16 x(declared)S 16 x(as)S 16 x(\252)S
XP /F53 100 22 1 0 21 25 25 24 0
<003F00 007F00 003F00 000700 000700 000700 000700 03C700 0FF700
3FFF00 3C1F00 780F00 F00700 F00700 E00700 E00700 E00700 E00700
F00700 F00F00 781F00 7C3F00 3FFFE0 1FF7F0 07C7E0>
PXLC RP
1393 541 XY F53(d)S
XP /F53 105 22 3 0 19 26 26 16 0
<0180 03C0 03C0 0180 0000 0000 0000 0000 7FC0 7FC0 7FC0 01C0 01C0
01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 7FFF FFFF 7FFF>
PXLC RP
1414 541 XY F53(i)S
XP /F53 103 22 1 -10 20 18 28 24 0
<03E3C0 0FFFE0 1FFFE0 1E3CC0 3C1E00 380E00 380E00 380E00 3C1E00
1E3C00 1FFC00 1FF800 3BE000 380000 380000 1FFC00 1FFF00 3FFFC0
7803C0 F001E0 E000E0 E000E0 E000E0 F001E0 7C07C0 3FFF80 0FFE00
03F800>
PXLC RP
1436 541 XY F53(gi)S
XP /F53 116 22 1 0 18 23 23 24 0
<030000 070000 070000 070000 070000 7FFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 070000
070000 070000 070000 070000 070000 070000 070100 070380 070380
070780 078780 03FF00 03FE00 00F800>
PXLC RP
1480 541 XY F53(t)S
XP /F53 115 22 3 0 18 18 18 16 0
<0FEC 3FFC 7FFC F03C E01C E01C F000 7F80 1FF0 07FC 003E E00E E00E
F00E F81E FFFC FFF8 C7E0>
PXLC RP
1502 541 XY F53(s)S
XP /F53 54 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<00F800 03FE00 0FFF00 1F0F00 3E0F00 3C0F00 780600 700000 F00000
F3F800 EFFE00 FFFE00 F80F00 F00780 F00780 E00380 F00380 F00380
700380 780780 780F00 3C1F00 1FFE00 0FF800 03E000>
PXLC RP
1545 541 XY F53(6)S
XP /F53 114 22 1 0 20 18 18 24 0
<FF0FC0 FF3FE0 FF7FE0 07F040 07E000 07C000 078000 078000 070000
070000 070000 070000 070000 070000 070000 FFFC00 FFFC00 FFFC00>
PXLC RP
1589 541 XY F53(r)S
XP /F53 97 22 2 0 21 18 18 24 0
<1FE000 7FF800 7FFC00 783C00 301E00 000E00 000E00 03FE00 1FFE00
7E0E00 F00E00 E00E00 E00E00 F01E00 F83E00 7FFFE0 3FE7E0 0F83E0>
PXLC RP
1610 541 XY F53(a)S
XP /F53 110 22 0 0 21 18 18 24 0
<7E3C00 FEFF00 7FFF80 0F8780 0F0380 0F0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380
0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 7FC7F0 FFE7F8 7FC7F0>
PXLC RP
1632 541 XY F53(ng)S
XP /F53 101 22 3 0 19 18 18 16 0
<03E0 0FF8 1FFC 3C1E 780E 7007 E007 FFFF FFFF FFFF E000 E000 7007
7807 3C0F 1FFE 0FFC 03F0>
PXLC RP
1676 541 XY F53(e)S
XP /F53 51 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<07E000 1FFC00 7FFE00 781F00 780F00 780700 000700 000F00 000F00
003E00 07FC00 07F800 07FC00 001E00 000700 000780 000380 000380
F00380 F00780 F00700 F81F00 7FFE00 3FFC00 07E000>
PXLC RP
1719 541 XY F53(3)S
XP /F53 46 22 8 0 13 5 5 8 0
<70 F8 F8 F8 70>
PXLC RP
1741 541 XY F53(.)S
XP /F53 48 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<03E000 0FF800 1FFC00 1E3C00 380E00 780F00 700700 700700 E00380
E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 F00780 700700
700700 780F00 3C1E00 1E3C00 1FFC00 0FF800 03E000>
PXLC RP
1763 541 XY F53(0)S 22 x(..)S
XP /F53 50 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<07E000 1FF800 7FFE00 783F00 F00F00 F00780 F00380 F00380 000380
000380 000780 000700 000F00 001E00 003C00 007800 00F000 03E000
078000 0F0000 1E0380 3C0380 7FFF80 FFFF80 7FFF80>
PXLC RP
1872 541 XY F53(20.0)S F6(,\272)S 15 x(then)S 16 x(there)S 16 x(is)S
16 x(no)S 50 y 327 X(hope)S 15 x(of)S 15 x(asking)S 15 x(for)S 16 x
(the)S 15 x(square)S 16 x(root)S 15 x(of)S 15 x F53(2)S
XP /F53 53 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<3FFE00 3FFE00 3FFE00 380000 380000 380000 380000 380000 380000
380000 3BF000 3FFC00 3FFE00 3C0F00 300700 000780 000380 600380
F00380 F00780 F00F00 F81F00 7FFE00 1FF800 07E000>
PXLC RP
1005 591 XY F53(5.0)S 15 x F6(\(because)S 16 x(the)S 16 x(ar)S -1 x
(gument)S 15 x(will)S 15 x(be)S 15 x(outside)S 16 x(the)S 16 x
(range)S 15 x(of)S 15 x F53(S)S
XP /F53 81 22 2 -6 19 25 31 24 0
<1FFC00 3FFE00 7FFF00 780F00 F00780 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380
E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380
E0E380 E1E380 F0F780 787F00 7FFF00 3FFE00 1FFC00 001C00 001E00
000E00 000F00 000700 000700>
PXLC RP
2000 591 XY F53(QRT)S F6('s)S 15 x(parameter)S 49 y 327 X(type\))S
18 x(or)S 18 x(of)S
XP /F53 52 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<007C00 00FC00 00DC00 01DC00 039C00 039C00 071C00 0F1C00 0E1C00
1E1C00 3C1C00 381C00 781C00 F01C00 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 001C00
001C00 001C00 001C00 001C00 01FFC0 01FFC0 01FFC0>
PXLC RP
536 640 XY F53(4.0)S 17 x F6(\(because)S 18 x(the)S 18 x(result)S
19 x(will)S 18 x(be)S 18 x(outside)S 18 x(the)S 18 x(range)S 19 x
(of)S 18 x F53(SQRT)S F6('s)S 17 x(result)S 18 x(type\),)S 20 x(and)S
19 x(any)S 19 x(attempt)S 18 x(to)S 19 x(do)S 18 x(so)S 50 y 327 X
(must)S 16 x(necessarily)S 16 x(raise)S 16 x F53(CONSTRAINT_ERROR)S
F6(.)S 14 x(On)S 17 x(the)S 17 x(other)S 17 x(hand,)S 17 x(it)S 17 x
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(unacceptable)S 17 x(for)S 50 y 327 X(an)S 17 x(implementation)S
17 x(to)S 17 x(raise)S 17 x F53(CONSTRAINT_ERROR)S 13 x F6(when)S
17 x(the)S 17 x(square)S 17 x(root)S 16 x(of,)S 17 x(say,)S
XP /F53 49 22 4 0 18 25 25 16 0
<0180 0380 0380 0780 0F80 7F80 FF80 7380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380
0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 7FF8 7FFC 7FF8>
PXLC RP
1696 740 XY F53(16.0)S 16 x F6(is)S 17 x(requested)S 16 x(\(with)S
16 x(the)S 17 x(same)S 50 y 327 X(range-constrained)S 13 x(generic)S
13 x(actual)S 13 x(type\),)S 13 x(since)S 12 x(both)S 13 x(the)S
12 x(ar)S -1 x(gument)S 14 x(and)S 13 x(the)S 13 x(result)S 13 x
(are)S 12 x(within)S 13 x(the)S 12 x(range)S 12 x(of)S 13 x(the)S
13 x(parameter)S 50 y 327 X(and)S 16 x(result)S 15 x(types.)S 24 x
(And)S 16 x(yet,)S 16 x(there)S 16 x(is)S 16 x(a)S 16 x(good)S 16 x
(chance)S 15 x(that)S 15 x(a)S 15 x(straightforward)S 16 x
(implementation)S
(\320one)S 15 x(that)S 15 x(uses)S 15 x(variables)S 49 y 327 X(or)S
16 x(constants)S 16 x(of)S 16 x(type)S 16 x F53(FLOAT_TYPE)S F6
(\320)S F7(will)S 14 x F6(raise)S 16 x F53(CONSTRAINT_ERROR)S 13 x
F6(in)S 16 x(this)S 16 x(case)S 16 x(and)S 16 x(in)S 15 x(other)S
16 x(seemingly)S 16 x(innocuous)S 50 y 327 X(cases.)S
XP /F54 /CM-Times-Roman 29.058 11 DF RP
425 924 XY F54(1)S 15 y 21 x F6(Thus,)S 14 x(in)S 14 x(agreeing)S
15 x(to)S 15 x(allow)S 14 x(range)S 14 x(constraints)S 15 x(in)S
14 x(the)S 15 x(generic)S 15 x(actual)S 14 x(type,)S 15 x(the)S 14 x
(committee)S 15 x(made)S 15 x(it)S 14 x(clear)S 14 x(in)S 14 x(the)S
50 y 327 X(earliest)S 14 x(drafts)S 14 x(that)S 14 x(such)S 14 x
(\252gratuitous\272)S 14 x(exceptions)S 14 x(must)S 14 x(be)S 14 x
(avoided)S 14 x(by)S 14 x(implementations.)S 18 x(It)S 14 x(did)S
13 x(so)S 14 x(only)S 14 x(after)S 14 x(conclud-)S 50 y 327 X(ing)S
15 x(that)S 15 x(suitable)S 15 x(implementation)S 15 x(techniques)S
15 x(\(that)S 16 x(avoided)S 15 x(the)S 15 x(use)S 15 x(of)S 16 x
F53(FLOAT_TYPE)S 13 x F6(as)S 15 x(a)S 16 x(type)S 15 x(mark)S 15 x
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(FLOAT_TYPE)S
XP /F53 13 22 8 14 13 26 12 8 0
<20 70 F8 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70>
PXLC RP
1846 1455 XY F53(\015)S
XP /F53 66 22 1 0 19 25 25 24 0
<7FF800 FFFE00 7FFF00 1C0F00 1C0780 1C0380 1C0380 1C0380 1C0780
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1C01C0 1C01C0 1C03C0 1C0780 7FFF80 FFFF00 7FFC00>
PXLC RP
1867 1455 XY F53(BASE\015)S
XP /F53 68 22 0 0 19 25 25 24 0
<7FF800 FFFE00 7FFF00 1C0F00 1C0780 1C03C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01E0
1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C01C0
1C01C0 1C03C0 1C0780 1C0F80 7FFF00 FFFE00 7FF800>
PXLC RP
1976 1455 XY F53(DIGITS)S F6(\272)S 15 x(will)S 17 x(not)S 50 y
327 X(suf)S -1 x(\014ce,)S 13 x(because)S 13 x(the)S 12 x
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(a)S 13 x(generic)S 50 y 327 X(formal)S 16 x(parameter)S 16 x(is)S
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(FLOAT_TYPE)S
(\015BASE)S F6(\272)S 12 x(comes)S 16 x(to)S 17 x(mind)S 16 x(also,)S
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(prede)S
(\014ned)S 15 x(type)S 50 y 493 X(as)S 17 x(well)S 17 x(as)S 18 x
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(single-precision)S 18 x(prede\014ned)S 17 x(type,)S 18 x(even)S
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493 X(be)S 15 x(called)S 15 x(upon)S 15 x(to)S 15 x(perform)S 15 x
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50 y 493 X(attack)S 17 x(this)S 17 x(version)S 17 x(of)S 17 x(the)S
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(of)S 16 x(Ada)S 16 x(to)S 50 y 493 X(the)S 15 x(next,)S 16 x(in)S
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(extend)S 17 x(portability)S 18 x(to)S 18 x(a)S 17 x(\014xed)S 18 x
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16 x(type)S 15 x(names)S 15 x(chosen)S 16 x(by)S 16 x(the)S 15 x
(implementor,)S 16 x(even)S 16 x(if)S 16 x(some)S 16 x(names)S 16 x
(in)S 15 x(the)S 16 x(set)S 16 x(do)S 15 x(not)S 16 x(actually)S
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600 2 R
XP /F57 /CM-Times-Roman 24.907 11 DF RP
398 2951 XY F57(1)S
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410 2963 XY F55(One)S 11 x(standard)S 10 x(ar)S -1 x(gument)S 12 x
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XP /F58 /cmtt10 300 41.5 33.2 128 [0 -10 22 29] PXLF RP
XP /F58 48 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<03E000 0FF800 1FFC00 1E3C00 380E00 780F00 700700 700700 E00380
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PXLC RP
1694 2963 XY F58(0)S
XP /F58 46 21 8 0 13 5 5 8 0
<70 F8 F8 F8 70>
PXLC RP
1711 2963 XY F58(.)S
XP /F58 50 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<07E000 1FF800 7FFE00 783F00 F00F00 F00780 F00380 F00380 000380
000380 000780 000700 000F00 001E00 003C00 007800 00F000 03E000
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PXLC RP
1728 2963 XY F58(2)S
XP /F58 53 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<3FFE00 3FFE00 3FFE00 380000 380000 380000 380000 380000 380000
380000 3BF000 3FFC00 3FFE00 3C0F00 300700 000780 000380 600380
F00380 F00780 F00F00 F81F00 7FFE00 1FF800 07E000>
PXLC RP
1746 2963 XY F58(5)S 18 x(..)S
XP /F58 49 21 4 0 18 25 25 16 0
<0180 0380 0380 0780 0F80 7F80 FF80 7380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380
0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 7FF8 7FFC 7FF8>
PXLC RP
1833 2963 XY F58(1.0)S F55(.)S 15 x(Clearly,)S 11 x(an)S 10 x
(attempt)S 10 x(to)S 10 x(store)S 37 y 327 X(the)S 11 x(transformed)S
11 x(ar)S -1 x(gument)S 11 x(in)S 11 x(a)S 11 x(variable)S 11 x(of)S
12 x(type)S
XP /F58 70 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FFFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C0000 1C0000
1C1C00 1C1C00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1C1C00 1C1C00 1C0000 1C0000
1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 FF8000 FFC000 FF8000>
PXLC RP
974 3000 XY F58(F)S
XP /F58 76 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FFC000 FFC000 FFC000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000
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PXLC RP
991 3000 XY F58(L)S
XP /F58 79 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<1FFC00 3FFE00 7FFF00 780F00 F00780 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380
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PXLC RP
1009 3000 XY F58(O)S
XP /F58 65 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
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PXLC RP
1026 3000 XY F58(A)S
XP /F58 84 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7FFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 E0E0E0 E0E0E0 E0E0E0 E0E0E0 00E000 00E000
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PXLC RP
1044 3000 XY F58(T)S
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<FFFF80 FFFF80 FFFF80>
PXLC RP
1061 3000 XY F58(_T)S
XP /F58 89 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FE0FE0 FF1FE0 FE0FE0 1C0700 1C0700 0E0E00 0E0E00 071C00 071C00
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PXLC RP
1096 3000 XY F58(Y)S
XP /F58 80 21 1 0 19 25 25 24 0
<7FF800 FFFE00 7FFF00 1C0F80 1C0380 1C03C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0
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PXLC RP
1113 3000 XY F58(P)S
XP /F58 69 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7FFFC0 FFFFC0 7FFFC0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C0000 1C0000
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PXLC RP
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PXLC RP
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780380 780380 3C0780 1F0F00 0FFE00 07FC00 01F000>
PXLC RP
1756 2851 XY F58(CYCLE)S 10 x F55(of)S 8 x F58(1.0)S 2 x F55(,)S
9 x(allegedly)S 8 x(corresponding)S 37 y 327 X(to)S 8 x(angular)S
8 x(measure)S 9 x(in)S 9 x(bams)S 9 x(\(\252binary)S 9 x(angular)S
9 x(measure\272\).)S 14 x(It)S 8 x(was)S 8 x(tardily)S 9 x
(discovered)S 9 x([11])S 9 x(that)S 8 x(this)S 8 x(obscure)S 8 x
(invention)S 8 x(is)S 9 x(primarily)S 9 x(useful)S 9 x(in)S 9 x F59
(\014xed-point)S 37 y 327 X F55(implementations,)S 11 x(where)S 11 x
(the)S 11 x(primary)S 12 x(range)S 11 x(of)S 12 x(the)S 12 x(angle)S
11 x(is)S 11 x(taken)S 12 x(to)S 12 x(be)S
XP /F28 /cmr10 300 41.5 33.2 128 [-3 -11 41 31] PXLNF RP
XP /F28 91 11 4 -10 11 31 41 8 0
<FE FE C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0
C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 FE FE>
PXLC RP
1284 2925 XY F28([)S
XP /F56 /cmsy8 300 33.2 33.2 128 [-1 -32 38 26] PXLNF RP
XP /F56 0 27 3 7 23 9 2 24 0
<FFFFF0 FFFFF0>
PXLC RP
1294 2925 XY F56(\000)S
PF
XP /F58 /cmtt10 300 41.5 33.2 128 [0 -10 22 29] PXLNF RP
XP /F58 49 21 4 0 18 25 25 16 0
<0180 0380 0380 0780 0F80 7F80 FF80 7380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380
0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 7FF8 7FFC 7FF8>
PXLC RP
1321 2925 XY F58(1)S
XP /F87 /cmmi8 300 33.2 33.2 128 [0 -8 36 25] PXLNF RP
XP /F87 59 10 3 -6 7 4 10 8 0
<60 F0 F0 70 10 10 20 20 40 40>
PXLC RP
1338 2925 XY F87(;)S 6 x F58(1)S
XP /F28 /cmr10 300 41.5 33.2 128 [-3 -11 41 31] PXLNF RP
XP /F28 41 16 2 -11 12 31 42 16 0
<8000 4000 2000 1000 1800 0C00 0C00 0600 0600 0300 0300 0380 0180
0180 0180 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01C0
01C0 0180 0180 0180 0380 0300 0300 0600 0600 0C00 0C00 1800 1000
2000 4000 8000>
PXLC RP
1371 2925 XY F28(\))S
XP /F55 /CM-Times-Roman 33.209 11 DNF RP
1396 2925 XY F55(bams,)S 11 x(corresponding)S 12 x(to)S
XP /F28 91 11 4 -10 11 31 41 8 0
<FE FE C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0
C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 FE FE>
PXLC RP
1724 2925 XY F28([)S
XP /F56 /cmsy8 300 33.2 33.2 128 [-1 -32 38 26] PXLNF RP
XP /F56 0 27 3 7 23 9 2 24 0
<FFFFF0 FFFFF0>
PXLC RP
1733 2925 XY F56(\000)S
XP /F87 25 20 1 0 19 14 14 24 0
<0FFFC0 1FFFC0 210800 411000 811000 021000 021000 021000 061000
041000 0C1000 0C1800 181800 180800>
PXLC RP
1761 2925 XY F87(\031)S 1 x(;)S 6 x(\031)S 1 x F28(\))S 11 x F55
(radians,)S 11 x(and)S 11 x(scaled)S 11 x(to)S 12 x(make)S 12 x(use)S
38 y 327 X(of)S 11 x(all)S 11 x(the)S 12 x(bits)S 11 x(in)S 11 x(an)S
11 x(integer)S 11 x(word\320for)S 11 x(example,)S 11 x(scaled)S 11 x
(to)S 11 x F28([)S F56(\000)S
XP /F58 51 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<07E000 1FFC00 7FFE00 781F00 780F00 780700 000700 000F00 000F00
003E00 07FC00 07F800 07FC00 001E00 000700 000780 000380 000380
F00380 F00780 F00700 F81F00 7FFE00 3FFC00 07E000>
PXLC RP
1154 2963 XY F58(3)S
XP /F58 50 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<07E000 1FF800 7FFE00 783F00 F00F00 F00780 F00380 F00380 000380
000380 000780 000700 000F00 001E00 003C00 007800 00F000 03E000
078000 0F0000 1E0380 3C0380 7FFF80 FFFF80 7FFF80>
PXLC RP
1171 2963 XY F58(2)S
XP /F58 55 21 2 0 19 26 26 24 0
<E00000 FFFF80 FFFF80 FFFF80 E00F00 E01E00 001C00 003800 007800
007000 00E000 00E000 01C000 01C000 01C000 038000 038000 038000
038000 070000 070000 070000 070000 070000 070000 070000>
PXLC RP
1188 2963 XY F58(7)S
XP /F58 54 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<00F800 03FE00 0FFF00 1F0F00 3E0F00 3C0F00 780600 700000 F00000
F3F800 EFFE00 FFFE00 F80F00 F00780 F00780 E00380 F00380 F00380
700380 780780 780F00 3C1F00 1FFE00 0FF800 03E000>
PXLC RP
1206 2963 XY F58(6)S
XP /F58 56 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<07F000 1FFC00 3FFE00 7C1F00 F00780 E00380 E00380 E00380 700700
7C1F00 1FFC00 07F000 1FFC00 3C1E00 700700 F00780 E00380 E00380
E00380 F00780 700700 7C1F00 3FFE00 1FFC00 07F000>
PXLC RP
1223 2963 XY F58(8)S 1 x F87(;)S 5 x F58(32767)S
XP /F28 93 11 0 -10 7 31 41 8 0
<FE FE 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06
06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 FE FE>
PXLC RP
1344 2963 XY F28(])S F55(.)S 15 x(Thus,)S 11 x(a)S 11 x(full)S 11 x
(cycle)S 11 x(in)S 11 x(bams)S 11 x(is)S 11 x F58(2)S
XP /F58 46 21 8 0 13 5 5 8 0
<70 F8 F8 F8 70>
PXLC RP
1794 2963 XY F58(.)S
XP /F58 48 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<03E000 0FF800 1FFC00 1E3C00 380E00 780F00 700700 700700 E00380
E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 F00780 700700
700700 780F00 3C1E00 1E3C00 1FFC00 0FF800 03E000>
PXLC RP
1812 2963 XY F58(0)S F55(,)S 11 x(not)S 11 x F58(1.0)S 1 x F55(.)S
15 x(Since)S 11 x(a)S
XP /F58 67 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<01F180 07FF80 0FFF80 1F0F80 3C0780 780780 780380 700380 F00000
E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 F00000 700380
780380 780380 3C0780 1F0F00 0FFE00 07FC00 01F000>
PXLC RP
2088 2963 XY F58(C)S
XP /F58 89 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FE0FE0 FF1FE0 FE0FE0 1C0700 1C0700 0E0E00 0E0E00 071C00 071C00
071C00 03B800 03B800 01F000 01F000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000
00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 03F800 07FC00 03F800>
PXLC RP
2105 2963 XY F58(YC)S
XP /F58 76 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FFC000 FFC000 FFC000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000
1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0040
1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0>
PXLC RP
2140 2963 XY F58(L)S
XP /F58 69 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7FFFC0 FFFFC0 7FFFC0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C0000 1C0000
1C1C00 1C1C00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1C1C00 1C1C00 1C0000 1C00E0
1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 7FFFE0 FFFFE0 7FFFE0>
PXLC RP
2158 2963 XY F58(E)S 11 x F55(of)S 11 x F58(2.0)S 37 y 327 X F55
(does)S 11 x(not)S 11 x(begin)S 11 x(to)S 11 x(suggest)S 11 x(the)S
12 x(real)S 11 x(utility)S 11 x(of)S 11 x(bams,)S 11 x(the)S 11 x
(examples)S 11 x(involving)S 11 x(bams)S 11 x(were)S 11 x(omitted)S
11 x(in)S 11 x(Draft)S 11 x(1.2)S 12 x(instead)S 11 x(of)S 11 x
(being)S 11 x(corrected.)S
XP /F6 /CM-Times-Roman 41.511 11 DF RP
1292 3128 XY F6(6)S
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410 342 XY F6(It)S 16 x(turns)S 16 x(out,)S 17 x(in)S 16 x(fact,)S
17 x(that)S 16 x(if)S 16 x(the)S 16 x(default-value)S 16 x(method)S
16 x(had)S 16 x(been)S 16 x(employed)S 16 x(for)S
XP /F53 /cmtt10 300 41.5 41.5 128 [0 -10 22 29] PXLF RP
XP /F53 67 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<01F180 07FF80 0FFF80 1F0F80 3C0780 780780 780380 700380 F00000
E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 F00000 700380
780380 780380 3C0780 1F0F00 0FFE00 07FC00 01F000>
PXLC RP
1745 342 XY F53(C)S
XP /F53 89 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FE0FE0 FF1FE0 FE0FE0 1C0700 1C0700 0E0E00 0E0E00 071C00 071C00
071C00 03B800 03B800 01F000 01F000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000
00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 03F800 07FC00 03F800>
PXLC RP
1767 342 XY F53(YC)S
XP /F53 76 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FFC000 FFC000 FFC000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000
1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0040
1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0>
PXLC RP
1810 342 XY F53(L)S
XP /F53 69 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7FFFC0 FFFFC0 7FFFC0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C0000 1C0000
1C1C00 1C1C00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1C1C00 1C1C00 1C0000 1C00E0
1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 7FFFE0 FFFFE0 7FFFE0>
PXLC RP
1832 342 XY F53(E)S 16 x F6(in)S 16 x(this)S 16 x(standard,)S 17 x
(and)S 16 x(an)S 49 y 327 X(implementation)S 17 x(used)S 17 x(that)S
17 x(value)S 17 x(as)S 17 x(if)S 17 x(it)S 17 x(were)S 17 x(the)S
17 x(true)S 17 x(period,)S 18 x(then)S 17 x(the)S 17 x(range)S 17 x
(of)S 17 x(values)S 17 x(of)S
XP /F53 88 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7F1F80 7F3F80 7F1F80 0E1E00 0E1C00 073C00 073800 03B800 03F000
01F000 01E000 00E000 01E000 01F000 03F000 03B800 07B800 071C00
071C00 0E0E00 0E0E00 1C0700 7F1FC0 FF1FE0 7F1FC0>
PXLC RP
1890 391 XY F53(X)S 17 x F6(for)S 17 x(which)S 16 x(the)S 17 x
(stated)S 50 y 327 X(accuracy)S 19 x(could)S 18 x(be)S 19 x
(achieved)S 18 x(would)S 18 x(not)S 18 x(even)S 18 x(extend)S 18 x
(as)S 18 x(far)S 18 x(as)S 18 x(one)S 18 x(complete)S 18 x(period)S
18 x(away)S 18 x(from)S 18 x(the)S 18 x(origin.)S 31 x(This)S 50 y
327 X(also)S 17 x(means)S 17 x(that)S 17 x(an)S 17 x(implementation)S
17 x(that)S 18 x(calculates)S
XP /F53 83 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<07E300 1FFF00 7FFF00 781F00 F00F00 E00700 E00700 E00000 F00000
780000 7F8000 1FF000 07FC00 00FE00 000F00 000780 000380 000380
E00380 E00380 F00780 F80F00 FFFE00 FFFC00 C7F000>
PXLC RP
1208 491 XY F53(S)S
XP /F53 73 22 3 0 18 25 25 16 0
<FFFE FFFE FFFE 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380
0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 FFFE FFFE FFFE>
PXLC RP
1230 491 XY F53(I)S
XP /F53 78 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7E1FC0 FF3FE0 7F1FC0 1D0700 1D8700 1D8700 1D8700 1DC700 1DC700
1CC700 1CC700 1CE700 1CE700 1CE700 1C6700 1C6700 1C7700 1C7700
1C3700 1C3700 1C3700 1C1700 7F1F00 FF9F00 7F0F00>
PXLC RP
1252 491 XY F53(N)S
XP /F53 40 22 6 -4 17 29 33 16 0
<00E0 01E0 07C0 0700 0F00 1E00 3C00 3800 7800 7000 7000 7000 F000
E000 E000 E000 E000 E000 E000 E000 F000 7000 7000 7000 7800 3800
3C00 1E00 0F00 0700 07C0 01E0 00E0>
PXLC RP
1274 491 XY F53(\(X)S
XP /F53 41 22 4 -4 15 29 33 16 0
<E000 F000 7C00 1C00 1E00 0F00 0780 0380 03C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01E0
00E0 00E0 00E0 00E0 00E0 00E0 00E0 01E0 01C0 01C0 01C0 03C0 0380
0780 0F00 1E00 1C00 7C00 F000 E000>
PXLC RP
1317 491 XY F53(\))S 17 x F6(by)S 17 x(calling)S 17 x F53(SIN\(X)S
XP /F53 44 22 7 -6 14 5 11 8 0
<38 7C 7E 7E 3E 0E 1E 3C 7C F8 60>
PXLC RP
1654 491 XY F53(,)S
XP /F53 80 22 1 0 19 25 25 24 0
<7FF800 FFFE00 7FFF00 1C0F80 1C0380 1C03C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0
1C03C0 1C0380 1C0F80 1FFF00 1FFE00 1FF800 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000
1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 7F0000 FF8000 7F0000>
PXLC RP
1697 491 XY F53(P\))S 17 x F6(for)S 17 x(some)S 17 x(value)S 17 x
(of)S 17 x F53(P)S 17 x F6(meant)S 18 x(to)S 50 y 327 X(approximate)S
13 x(2)S
XP /F21 /cmmi10 300 41.5 41.5 128 [-1 -10 43 31] PXLNF RP
XP /F21 25 24 2 0 23 18 18 24 0
<0FFFF8 1FFFF8 3FFFF0 608400 408400 808C00 010C00 010C00 030C00
030C00 020C00 061C00 061C00 0E1C00 0C1C00 1C0E00 1C0E00 180C00>
PXLC RP
569 541 XY F21(\031)S 1 x F6(,)S 14 x(including)S 13 x(a)S 14 x
(literal)S 14 x(with)S 14 x(an)S 14 x(arbitrarily)S 14 x(lar)S -1 x
(ge)S 15 x(number)S 13 x(of)S 14 x(digits,)S 14 x(will)S 14 x(fail)S
14 x(to)S 14 x(meet)S 14 x(the)S 14 x(speci\014cations.)S 59 y 410 X
(All)S 14 x(of)S 14 x(the)S 15 x(other)S 14 x(standard)S 14 x
(periods)S 15 x(are)S 15 x(given)S 14 x(by)S 14 x F53(CYCLE)S 14 x
F6(values)S 14 x(that)S 15 x(are)S 15 x(representable)S 15 x(on)S
14 x(all)S 14 x(machines.)S 21 x(W)S -2 x(ith)S 14 x(the)S 50 y
327 X(aid)S 16 x(of)S 16 x(an)S 16 x(appropriate)S 17 x
(\252exact-remainder)S
(\272)S 16 x(algorithm,)S 17 x(implementations)S 16 x(of)S 16 x(the)S
16 x(explicit-)S F53(CYCLE)S 16 x F6(forms)S 17 x(of)S 17 x(the)S
16 x(functions)S 50 y 327 X(will)S 11 x(have)S 11 x(no)S 12 x(dif)S
-1 x(\014culty)S 12 x(reducing)S 12 x(arbitrarily)S 12 x(lar)S -1 x
(ge)S 13 x(values)S 11 x(of)S 12 x F53(X)S 11 x F6(to)S 11 x(the)S
12 x(primary)S 12 x(interval)S 12 x(near)S 12 x(the)S 11 x(origin)S
12 x(without)S 12 x(error.)S 18 x(\(In)S 50 y 327 X(fact,)S 14 x
(the)S 15 x(exact-remainder)S 14 x(function)S 14 x(is)S 15 x
(included)S 14 x(in)S 14 x(a)S 14 x(generic)S 14 x(package)S 15 x
(of)S 14 x(\015oating-point)S 15 x(manipulation)S 15 x(functions)S
15 x(called)S
XP /F53 71 22 2 0 20 25 25 24 0
<03E300 07FF00 1FFF00 3E1F00 3C0F00 780F00 780700 700700 F00000
E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E03F80 E07FC0 E03F80 F00700 700700
780F00 780F00 3C0F00 3E1F00 1FFF00 07FF00 03E700>
PXLC RP
327 799 XY F53(GENE)S
XP /F53 82 22 1 0 21 25 25 24 0
<7FE000 FFF800 7FFC00 1C1E00 1C0F00 1C0700 1C0700 1C0700 1C0700
1C0F00 1C1E00 1FFC00 1FF800 1FFC00 1C1C00 1C0E00 1C0E00 1C0E00
1C0E00 1C0E20 1C0E70 1C0E70 7F07E0 FF87E0 7F03C0>
PXLC RP
414 799 XY F53(RIC)S
XP /F53 95 22 2 -4 19 -1 3 24 0
<FFFF80 FFFF80 FFFF80>
PXLC RP
480 799 XY F53(_PRI)S
XP /F53 77 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FC07E0 FE0FE0 FE0FE0 3A0B80 3B1B80 3B1B80 3B1B80 3B1B80 3B1B80
3BBB80 39B380 39B380 39B380 39B380 39F380 38E380 38E380 380380
380380 380380 380380 380380 FE0FE0 FE0FE0 FE0FE0>
PXLC RP
567 799 XY F53(MI)S
XP /F53 84 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7FFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 E0E0E0 E0E0E0 E0E0E0 E0E0E0 00E000 00E000
00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000
00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 07FC00 0FFE00 07FC00>
PXLC RP
610 799 XY F53(TI)S
XP /F53 86 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FE0FE0 FF1FE0 FE0FE0 380380 1C0700 1C0700 1C0700 1C0700 0E0E00
0E0E00 0E0E00 0E0E00 060C00 071C00 071C00 071C00 071C00 031800
03B800 03B800 03B800 01B000 01F000 01F000 00E000>
PXLC RP
654 799 XY F53(VE_)S
XP /F53 70 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FFFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C0000 1C0000
1C1C00 1C1C00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1C1C00 1C1C00 1C0000 1C0000
1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 FF8000 FFC000 FF8000>
PXLC RP
719 799 XY F53(F)S
XP /F53 85 22 0 0 21 25 25 24 0
<7F07F0 FF8FF8 7F07F0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0
1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0
1C01C0 0E0380 0E0380 070700 07FF00 03FE00 00F800>
PXLC RP
741 799 XY F53(UNCTI)S
XP /F53 79 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<1FFC00 3FFE00 7FFF00 780F00 F00780 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380
E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380
E00380 F00780 F00780 780F00 7FFF00 3FFE00 1FFC00>
PXLC RP
850 799 XY F53(ONS)S 17 x F6(also)S 18 x(being)S 17 x(proposed)S
17 x(for)S 17 x(standardization;)S 19 x(see)S 18 x([18].\))S 30 x
(That)S 18 x(is)S 18 x(why)S 17 x(the)S 18 x(explicit-)S 50 y 327 X
F53(CYCLE)S 14 x F6(forms)S 16 x(of)S 16 x(the)S 15 x(trigonometric)S
16 x(functions)S 16 x(have)S 16 x(no)S 16 x(restrictions)S 16 x(on)S
16 x(the)S 15 x(range)S 16 x(of)S 16 x(values)S 16 x(of)S 16 x F53
(X)S 15 x F6(for)S 16 x(which)S 16 x(the)S 15 x(stated)S 50 y 327 X
(accuracy)S 19 x(requirements)S 19 x(must)S 19 x(hold.)S 60 y 410 X
(It)S 15 x(might)S 15 x(have)S 15 x(been)S 15 x(reasonable)S 15 x
(to)S 15 x(employ)S 15 x(the)S 15 x(default-value)S 15 x(method)S
15 x(for)S 15 x F53(CYCLE)S 14 x F6(and)S 15 x(expect)S 15 x
(implementations)S 15 x(to)S 49 y 327 X(meet)S 15 x(the)S 15 x
(accuracy)S 15 x(requirements)S 15 x(over)S 15 x(the)S 15 x(given)S
15 x(range)S 16 x(of)S 16 x(values)S 15 x(for)S 16 x F53(X)S 15 x
F6(by)S 15 x(recognizing)S 15 x(when)S 16 x F53(CYCLE)S 14 x F6(has)S
16 x(the)S 16 x(default)S 50 y 327 X(value)S 18 x(but)S 19 x(not)S
18 x(using)S 18 x(it)S 19 x(\(in)S 18 x(that)S 19 x(case\))S 18 x
(as)S 18 x(if)S 19 x(it)S 18 x(were)S 18 x(the)S 18 x(true)S 18 x
(period)S
(\320i.e.,)S 19 x(by)S 18 x(using)S 18 x(the)S 18 x(default)S 18 x
(value)S 18 x(merely)S 19 x(as)S 19 x(a)S
XP /F7 /CM-Times-Italic 41.511 12 DNF RP
327 1108 XY F7(signal)S 16 x F6(that)S 15 x(a)S 16 x(dif)S -1 x
(ferent)S 16 x(ar)S -1 x(gument-reduction)S 16 x(technique)S 15 x
(should)S 16 x(be)S 16 x(used.)S 25 x(This)S 15 x(was)S 16 x
(actually)S 16 x(considered)S 16 x(but)S 16 x(ultimately)S 50 y
327 X(abandoned)S 15 x(because)S 16 x(of)S 15 x(the)S 15 x
(possibility)S 15 x(of)S 15 x(non-monotonic)S 15 x(behavior)S 16 x
(as)S 15 x F53(CYCLE)S 14 x F6(sweeps)S 16 x(through)S 15 x(the)S
15 x(default)S 15 x(value,)S 15 x(and)S 50 y 327 X(because)S 18 x
(of)S 18 x(potential)S 18 x(surprises)S 18 x(that)S 17 x(could)S
18 x(occur)S 18 x(should)S 18 x(users)S 18 x(supply)S 18 x(an)S 18 x
(explicit)S 18 x F53(CYCLE)S 17 x F6(that)S 18 x(they)S 18 x
(believe)S 18 x(to)S 18 x(be)S 18 x(a)S 49 y 327 X(close)S 16 x
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PXLC RP
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PXLC RP
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PXLC RP
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PXLC RP
398 1660 XY F53(di)S
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PXLC RP
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PXLC RP
485 1660 XY F53(t)S
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PXLC RP
507 1660 XY F53(s)S
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PXLC RP
557 1660 XY F53(2)S F6(\272,)S 18 x(and)S 18 x(the)S 18 x(user)S
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16 x(useful)S 16 x(product.)S 59 y 410 X(Recall)S 18 x(that,)S 19 x
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49 y 327 X F53(FLOAT_TYPE\015SAFE_LARGE)S 7 x F6(in)S 12 x(absolute)S
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(of)S 10 x(the)S 10 x(earlier)S 10 x(misfortunes\).)S 17 x(Through)S
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327 X(exception\))S 15 x(in)S 15 x(the)S 15 x(calculation)S 15 x(of)S
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327 X(to)S 13 x(be)S 12 x(used)S 12 x(to)S 12 x(signal)S 12 x(their)S
13 x(occurrence.)S 18 x(It)S 13 x(seemed)S 13 x(inappropriate)S 12 x
(for)S 12 x(this)S 12 x(standard)S 12 x(to)S 13 x(distinguish)S 12 x
(their)S 12 x(occurrence)S 13 x(in)S 12 x(the)S 50 y 327 X(context)S
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50 y 327 X(establish)S 19 x(a)S 18 x(handler)S 18 x(for)S 19 x
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F6(will)S 18 x(not)S 17 x(be)S 18 x(directly)S 50 y 327 X(visible)S
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XP /F53 119 22 1 0 20 18 18 24 0
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PXLC RP
1891 2019 XY F53(wit)S
XP /F53 104 22 0 0 21 25 25 24 0
<7E0000 FE0000 7E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E3C00 0EFF00
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0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 7FC7F0 FFE7F8 7FC7F0>
PXLC RP
1957 2019 XY F53(h)S F6(\272)S 16 x(and)S 18 x(\252)S
XP /F53 117 22 0 0 21 18 18 24 0
<7E1F80 FE3F80 7E1F80 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380
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PXLC RP
2110 2019 XY F53(use)S F6(\272)S 18 x F53(EL)S
XP /F53 45 22 2 11 19 14 3 24 0
<FFFF80 FFFF80 FFFF80>
PXLC RP
2255 2019 XY F53(-)S 49 y 327 X(EMENTARY_FUNCTIONS_EXCEPTIONS)S 10 x
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(under)S
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XP /F21 101 19 2 0 16 18 18 16 0
<01F0 0708 0C08 1804 3808 3008 7030 7FC0 E000 E000 E000 E000 E000
E004 6008 6010 3060 0F80>
PXLC RP
2114 2891 XY F21(e)S
XP /F74 /cmtt10 300 41.5 29.1 128 [0 -10 22 29] PXLF RP
XP /F74 88 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7F1F80 7F3F80 7F1F80 0E1E00 0E1C00 073C00 073800 03B800 03F000
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071C00 0E0E00 0E0E00 1C0700 7F1FC0 FF1FE0 7F1FC0>
PXLC RP
2133 2876 XY F74(X)S 15 y 18 x F6(cannot)S 50 y 327 X
(mathematically)S 13 x(be)S 13 x(exactly)S 13 x(zero)S 14 x(for)S
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XP /F53 42 22 2 4 19 22 18 24 0
<01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 71C700 F9CF80 7FFF00 1FFC00 07F000
07F000 1FFC00 7FFF00 F9CF80 71C700 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000>
PXLC RP
1343 2941 XY F53(**Y)S 13 x F6(can)S 13 x(under\015ow)S 13 x(to)S
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XP /F74 89 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FE0FE0 FF1FE0 FE0FE0 1C0700 1C0700 0E0E00 0E0E00 071C00 071C00
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00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 03F800 07FC00 03F800>
PXLC RP
1048 2976 XY F74(Y)S 15 y 18 x F6(cannot)S 15 x(be)S 15 x(exactly)S
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XP /F22 /cmsy10 300 41.5 41.5 128 [-1 -40 45 32] PXLNF RP
XP /F22 6 32 2 -1 29 27 28 32 0
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PXLC RP
838 751 XY F22(\006)S F53(1.0)S 11 x F6(in)S 12 x(the)S 12 x(case)S
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XP /F53 72 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
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1C0700 1C0700 1C0700 1C0700 7F1FC0 FFBFE0 7F1FC0>
PXLC RP
1823 751 XY F53(H)S 12 x F6(or)S 12 x F53(COTH)S F6(;)S 11 x(this)S
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PXLC RP
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PXLC RP
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PXLC RP
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PXLC RP
1024 2297 XY F53(;)S
XP /F53 112 22 0 -9 20 18 27 24 0
<7E3E00 FEFF80 7FFFC0 0F83E0 0F01E0 0E00F0 0E00F0 0E0070 0E0070
0E0070 0E0070 0E00F0 0F00E0 0F01E0 0F83C0 0FFFC0 0EFF00 0E3C00
0E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E0000 7FC000 FFE000 7FC000>
PXLC RP
327 2347 XY F53(pa)S
XP /F53 99 22 3 0 19 18 18 16 0
<03F8 0FFE 1FFE 3C1E 780C 7000 F000 E000 E000 E000 E000 F000 7007
7807 3E0F 1FFE 0FFC 03F0>
PXLC RP
371 2347 XY F53(c)S
XP /F53 107 22 0 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7E0000 FE0000 7E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E7FE0 0E7FE0
0E7FE0 0E0F00 0E1E00 0E3C00 0E7800 0EF000 0FF000 0FF800 0FBC00
0F1E00 0E0E00 0E0700 0E0780 7F87F0 FFCFF0 7F87F0>
PXLC RP
392 2347 XY F53(kage)S
XP /F53 98 22 0 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7E0000 FE0000 7E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E0000 0E3E00 0EFF80
0FFFC0 0F83E0 0F01E0 0E00F0 0E00F0 0E0070 0E0070 0E0070 0E0070
0E00F0 0F00E0 0F01E0 0F83C0 0FFFC0 0EFF00 063C00>
PXLC RP
501 2347 XY F53(b)S
XP /F53 111 22 2 0 19 18 18 24 0
<03E000 0FF800 1FFC00 3C1E00 780F00 700700 E00380 E00380 E00380
E00380 E00380 F00780 700700 780F00 3C1E00 1FFC00 0FF800 03E000>
PXLC RP
523 2347 XY F53(od)S
XP /F53 121 22 1 -9 20 18 27 24 0
<7F1FC0 FF9FE0 7F1FC0 1C0700 0E0700 0E0E00 0E0E00 070E00 071C00
071C00 039C00 039C00 039800 01B800 01B800 00F000 00F000 00F000
00E000 00E000 00E000 01C000 79C000 7BC000 7F8000 3F0000 3C0000>
PXLC RP
567 2347 XY F53(y)S 21 x(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S 16 x(is)S
49 y 392 X(...)S 50 y -66 x(package)S 21 x(PRIMITIVE_FUNCTIONS)S
18 x(is)S 21 x(new)S 21 x(GENERIC_PRIMITIVE_FUNCTIONS)S 16 x
(\(FLOAT_TYPE,)S 20 x(INTEGER\);)S 50 y 392 X(use)S 22 x
(PRIMITIVE_FUNCTIONS;)S 50 y 392 X(PI)S
XP /F53 58 22 8 0 13 18 18 8 0
<70 F8 F8 F8 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 F8 F8 F8 70>
PXLC RP
458 2546 XY F53(:)S 21 x(constant)S 20 x(:)S
XP /F53 61 22 2 7 19 18 11 24 0
<7FFF00 FFFF80 FFFF80 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 FFFF80
FFFF80 7FFF00>
PXLC RP
719 2546 XY F53(=)S
XP /F53 51 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<07E000 1FFC00 7FFE00 781F00 780F00 780700 000700 000F00 000F00
003E00 07FC00 07F800 07FC00 001E00 000700 000780 000380 000380
F00380 F00780 F00700 F81F00 7FFE00 3FFC00 07E000>
PXLC RP
763 2546 XY F53(3.1)S
XP /F53 52 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<007C00 00FC00 00DC00 01DC00 039C00 039C00 071C00 0F1C00 0E1C00
1E1C00 3C1C00 381C00 781C00 F01C00 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 001C00
001C00 001C00 001C00 001C00 01FFC0 01FFC0 01FFC0>
PXLC RP
828 2546 XY F53(41)S
XP /F53 53 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<3FFE00 3FFE00 3FFE00 380000 380000 380000 380000 380000 380000
380000 3BF000 3FFC00 3FFE00 3C0F00 300700 000780 000380 600380
F00380 F00780 F00F00 F81F00 7FFE00 1FF800 07E000>
PXLC RP
872 2546 XY F53(5)S
XP /F53 57 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<03E000 0FF800 3FFC00 7C1E00 780F00 F00700 E00700 E00780 E00780
E00380 F00780 F00780 780F80 3FFF80 3FFB80 0FE380 000780 000700
300F00 780E00 781E00 787C00 7FF800 3FE000 0F8000>
PXLC RP
894 2546 XY F53(92)S
XP /F53 54 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<00F800 03FE00 0FFF00 1F0F00 3E0F00 3C0F00 780600 700000 F00000
F3F800 EFFE00 FFFE00 F80F00 F00780 F00780 E00380 F00380 F00380
700380 780780 780F00 3C1F00 1FFE00 0FF800 03E000>
PXLC RP
937 2546 XY F53(6535...E0;)S 50 y 392 X(...)S
XP /F53 102 22 1 0 18 25 25 24 0
<001F00 007F80 00FF80 01E780 01C300 01C000 01C000 7FFF00 FFFF00
FFFF00 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000
01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 3FFE00 7FFF00 3FFE00>
PXLC RP
392 2646 XY F53(function)S 21 x(ARCTAN)S 20 x(\(Y)S 21 x(:)S 22 x
(FLOAT_TYPE;)S 49 y 763 X(X)S 21 x(:)S 22 x(FLOAT_TYPE)S 20 x(:=)S
21 x(1.0\))S 21 x(return)S 21 x(FLOAT_TYPE)S 19 x(is)S 50 y 392 X
(begin)S 50 y -44 x(if)S 21 x(Y)S 22 x(=)S 21 x(0.0)S 21 x(then)S
50 y 523 X(if)S 22 x(X)S 21 x(=)S 22 x(0.0)S 21 x(then)S 50 y 589 X
(raise)S 20 x(ARGUMENT_ERROR;)S 49 y 523 X(e)S
XP /F53 108 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<FFC000 FFC000 FFC000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000
01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000
01C000 01C000 01C000 01C000 FFFF80 FFFF80 FFFF80>
PXLC RP
545 2944 XY F53(lsif)S 21 x(X)S
XP /F53 60 22 2 2 19 23 21 24 0
<000180 000780 001F80 003E00 00F800 01F000 07C000 0F8000 3E0000
FC0000 F00000 FC0000 3E0000 0F8000 07C000 01F000 00F800 003E00
001F80 000780 000180>
PXLC RP
697 2944 XY F53(<)S 22 x(0.0)S 21 x(then)S 50 y 589 X(return)S 20 x
(COPY_SIGN\(PI,)S 19 x(Y\);)S 43 x(--)S 22 x(\(*\))S 3128 Y -6 x F6
(14)S
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1000 BP 3300 2550 PM /paper-automatic false SPS 523 0 XY
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523 342 XY F53(else)S 43 x(--)S 21 x(X)S
XP /F53 62 22 2 2 19 23 21 24 0
<C00000 F00000 FC0000 3E0000 0F8000 07C000 01F000 00F800 003E00
001F80 000780 001F80 003E00 00F800 01F000 07C000 0F8000 3E0000
FC0000 F00000 C00000>
PXLC RP
763 342 XY F53(>)S 21 x(0.0)S 49 y 589 X(return)S 20 x(Y;)S 1155 X
(--)S 22 x(\(**\))S 50 y 523 X(end)S 21 x(if;)S 50 y 458 X(elsif)S
21 x(X)S 21 x(=)S 22 x(0.0)S 21 x(then)S 50 y 523 X(return)S 21 x
(COPY_SIGN\(PI)S
XP /F53 47 22 2 -3 19 29 32 24 0
<000180 000380 000380 000700 000700 000E00 000E00 001C00 001C00
003800 003800 007000 007000 00E000 00E000 01C000 01C000 038000
038000 070000 070000 0E0000 0E0000 1C0000 1C0000 380000 380000
700000 700000 E00000 E00000 C00000>
PXLC RP
937 541 XY F53(/2.0,)S 21 x(Y\);)S 50 y 458 X(else)S 43 x(--)S 21 x
(end)S 21 x(of)S 21 x(special)S 21 x(cases)S 49 y 523 X(...)S 50 y
458 X(end)S 21 x(if;)S 50 y 392 X(end)S 22 x(ARCTAN;)S 50 y 392 X
(...)S 50 y 327 X(end)S 21 x(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS;)S 945 Y
327 X F6(An)S 12 x(implementor)S 13 x(of)S 12 x F53
(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S 7 x F6(who)S 13 x(wishes)S 12 x(to)S
13 x(avoid)S 12 x(signed)S 12 x(zeros)S 13 x(entirely,)S 13 x(even)S
12 x(when)S 13 x(they)S 50 y 327 X(are)S 15 x(available,)S 16 x(can)S
15 x(do)S 15 x(so)S 15 x(merely)S 16 x(by)S 15 x(substituting)S 15 x
(\252)S F53(return)S 22 x(PI;)S F6(\272)S 15 x(for)S 15 x(the)S 15 x
(statement)S 15 x(marked)S 15 x(\(*\))S 15 x(and)S 15 x(\252)S F53
(return)S 20 x(0.0;)S F6(\272)S 50 y 327 X(for)S 20 x(that)S 19 x
(marked)S 19 x(\(**\).)S
XP /F54 /CM-Times-Roman 29.058 11 DF RP
700 1030 XY F54(4)S 75 y 410 X F6(Like)S 11 x F53(ARCTAN)S 10 x F6
(and)S 10 x F53(ARCCOT)S 10 x F6(in)S 11 x F53
(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S F6(,)S 5 x F53(COPY_SIGN)S 9 x F6
(in)S 11 x F53(GENERIC_PRIMITIVE_FUNC-)S 50 y 327 X(TIONS)S 18 x F6
(has)S 19 x(a)S 20 x(behavior)S 19 x(that)S 19 x(depends)S 19 x(in)S
19 x(one)S 19 x(case)S 19 x(on)S 19 x(the)S 19 x(sign)S 20 x(of)S
20 x(a)S 20 x(zero)S 19 x(ar)S -1 x(gument.)S 35 x(For)S 20 x(the)S
19 x(sake)S 19 x(of)S 19 x(uniformity,)S 50 y 327 X(implementations)S
13 x(of)S 13 x(the)S 14 x(latter)S 14 x(are)S 14 x(also)S 13 x
(allowed)S 13 x(to)S 13 x(forego)S 13 x(the)S 14 x(recognition)S
13 x(of)S 13 x(signed)S 13 x(zeros,)S 14 x(in)S 14 x(which)S 14 x
(case)S 14 x F53(COPY_SIGN)S 49 y 327 X F6(must)S 10 x(return)S
XP /F22 106 12 5 -10 7 31 41 8 0
<C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0
C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0 C0>
PXLC RP
527 1254 XY F22(j)S F53(VALUE)S -2 x F22(j)S 10 x F6(when)S 10 x F53
(SIGN)S 9 x F6(is)S 10 x(zero.)S 17 x(Thus,)S 11 x(unless)S 10 x
(one)S 10 x(knows)S 11 x(something)S 10 x(about)S 10 x(the)S 10 x
(behavior)S 10 x(of)S 10 x(the)S 10 x(implementation)S 50 y 327 X
(of)S 13 x F53(GENERIC_PRIMITIVE_FUNCTIONS)S 8 x F6(at)S 13 x(hand,)S
14 x(its)S 14 x(use)S 13 x(in)S 13 x(an)S 14 x(implementation)S 14 x
(of)S 14 x F53(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S 50 y 327 X F6(is)S
12 x(no)S 13 x(guarantee)S 13 x(that)S 13 x(the)S 13 x(latter)S 13 x
(will)S 13 x(observe)S 13 x(signed)S 13 x(zeros)S 13 x(in)S 13 x
(environments)S 12 x(having)S 13 x(that)S 12 x(capability.)S 19 x
(Implementations)S 12 x(of)S 50 y 327 X(both)S 13 x(of)S 13 x(the)S
13 x(packages)S 13 x(discussed)S 13 x(here)S 13 x(are)S 13 x
(required)S 13 x(to)S 13 x(document)S 13 x(their)S 13 x(behavior)S
13 x(with)S 13 x(respect)S 13 x(to)S 13 x(signed)S 13 x(zeros.)S
18 x(Thus,)S 13 x(an)S 50 y 327 X(implementation)S 11 x(of)S 11 x
F53(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S 5 x F6(might)S 12 x(document)S
12 x(that)S 11 x(it)S 12 x(does)S 11 x(not)S 11 x(observe)S 12 x
(signed)S 12 x(zeros\320even)S 49 y 327 X(in)S 15 x(environments)S
14 x(having)S 14 x(the)S 15 x(capability\320or)S 15 x(that)S 14 x
(it)S 14 x(does)S 14 x(observe)S 14 x(signed)S 15 x(zeros)S 15 x(in)S
14 x(environments)S 15 x(having)S 14 x(the)S 14 x(capability)S 50 y
327 X(or)S 12 x(that)S 12 x(it)S 13 x(inherits)S 12 x(its)S 13 x
(behavior)S 12 x(from)S 12 x(other)S 13 x(facilities)S 13 x(that)S
12 x(it)S 12 x(uses)S 12 x(\(e.g.,)S 13 x(from)S 13 x F53
(GENERIC_PRIMITIVE_FUNCTIONS)S F6(\).)S 6 x(Other)S 50 y 327 X
(software)S 16 x(built)S 15 x(on)S 16 x(top)S 15 x(of)S 16 x F53
(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S 10 x F6(has)S 16 x(the)S 16 x(same)S
16 x(choices.)S 60 y 410 X(Signed)S 13 x(zeros)S 13 x(are)S 13 x
(naturally)S 13 x(related)S 13 x(to)S 13 x(another)S 13 x(feature)S
13 x(of)S 13 x(IEEE)S 13 x(arithmetic\320namely,)S 13 x(\(signed\))S
14 x(in\014nities.)S 18 x(In\014nities)S 50 y 327 X(arise)S 14 x(in)S
13 x(IEEE)S 13 x(arithmetic,)S 13 x(when)S 13 x(traps)S 13 x(are)S
13 x(disabled,)S 13 x(as)S 13 x(a)S 13 x(result)S 13 x(of)S 13 x
(over)S
(\015ow)S 13 x(and)S 13 x(upon)S 13 x(division)S 13 x(by)S 13 x
(zero.)S 18 x(The)S 13 x(proposed)S 50 y 327 X(IEEE)S 12 x(binding)S
12 x([5])S 12 x(introduces)S 12 x(in\014nities)S 13 x(into)S 13 x
(Ada)S 12 x(by)S 13 x(specifying)S 12 x(that)S 12 x(the)S 12 x F53
(MACHINE_OVERFLO)S
XP /F53 87 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FC07E0 FE0FE0 FC07E0 7001C0 7001C0 7001C0 300180 380380 380380
380380 38E380 39F380 39F380 39B380 19B300 19B300 19B300 19B300
19B300 19B300 191300 1B1B00 0F1E00 0F1E00 0E0E00>
PXLC RP
1833 1763 XY F53(WS)S 12 x F6(attribute)S 13 x(will)S 13 x(be)S 12 x
F53(FALSE)S 50 y 327 X F6(in)S 20 x(implementations)S 20 x
(conforming)S 20 x(to)S 20 x(the)S 20 x(binding,)S 22 x(which)S 20 x
(allows)S 20 x(them)S 20 x(to)S 20 x(deliver)S 20 x(an)S 20 x(in)S
(\014nity)S 20 x(instead)S 20 x(of)S 20 x(raising)S 20 x(an)S 49 y
327 X(exception)S 14 x(when)S 13 x(over\015ow)S 13 x(occurs)S 13 x
(\(and)S 13 x(also)S 14 x(when)S 13 x(division)S 14 x(by)S 14 x
(zero)S 14 x(occurs,)S 14 x(though)S 14 x(this)S 13 x(might)S 14 x
(require)S 14 x(a)S 13 x(clari\014cation\).)S 50 y 327 X F53
(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S 14 x F6(is)S 20 x(well)S 20 x
(poised)S 20 x(to)S 20 x(exploit)S 20 x(in\014nities)S 20 x(in)S
20 x(cases)S 20 x(of)S 20 x(over\015ow,)S 22 x(if)S 20 x(and)S 20 x
(when)S 20 x(they)S 50 y 327 X(are)S 14 x(introduced)S 14 x(by)S
14 x(an)S 15 x(IEEE)S 15 x(binding.)S 20 x(For)S 14 x(example,)S
15 x(in)S 14 x(the)S 15 x(context)S 14 x(of)S 14 x(an)S 15 x(IEEE)S
14 x(binding,)S 15 x(no)S 15 x(changes)S 15 x(are)S 14 x(necessary)S
15 x(in)S 50 y 327 X F53(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S 4 x F6(to)S
10 x(allow)S 10 x F53(EXP)S 9 x F6(to)S 10 x(deliver)S 10 x(an)S
10 x(in\014nity)S 10 x(when)S 10 x(it)S 10 x(receives)S 10 x(a)S
10 x(suf)S -1 x(\014ciently)S 10 x(lar)S -1 x(ge)S 10 x(ar)S -1 x
(gument,)S 50 y 327 X(instead)S 12 x(of)S 12 x(raising)S 13 x(an)S
12 x(exception)S 12 x(to)S 12 x(signal)S 13 x(over\015ow.)S 18 x
(Similarly,)S 13 x F53(TAN)S 12 x F6(and)S 13 x F53(COT)S 12 x F6
(can)S 12 x(deliver)S 13 x(an)S 13 x(in\014nity,)S 13 x(instead)S
13 x(of)S 13 x(raising)S 49 y 327 X(an)S 19 x(exception)S 19 x(to)S
19 x(signal)S 19 x(over\015ow,)S 21 x(for)S 19 x(ar)S -1 x(guments)S
19 x(near)S 19 x(their)S 19 x(poles.)S 34 x(However,)S 21 x(prior)S
20 x(to)S 19 x(Draft)S 19 x(1.2)S 19 x(of)S 19 x(the)S 19 x
(proposed)S 50 y 327 X(standard,)S 19 x(the)S 18 x
(machine-representable)S 18 x(poles)S 18 x(of)S 18 x(functions)S
18 x(\(i.e.,)S 19 x(the)S 18 x(machine-representable)S 18 x(ar)S
-1 x(guments)S 18 x(for)S 19 x(which)S 18 x(the)S 50 y 327 X
(corresponding)S 13 x(mathematical)S 13 x(functions)S 13 x(are)S
13 x(in\014nite\))S 13 x(were)S 13 x(technically)S 13 x(and)S 13 x
(formally)S 13 x(excluded)S 12 x(from)S 13 x(the)S 12 x(domains)S
13 x(of)S 13 x(the)S 50 y 327 X(functions,)S 17 x(which)S 17 x
(meant)S 16 x(that)S 16 x(an)S 16 x(implementation)S 16 x(must)S
16 x(raise)S 16 x F53(ARGUMENT_ERROR)S 13 x F6(at)S 17 x(the)S 17 x
(poles.)S 25 x(This)S 17 x(requirement)S 16 x(was)S 50 y 327 X
(viewed)S 11 x(as)S 11 x(interfering)S 11 x(with)S 11 x(the)S 11 x
(ability)S 11 x(to)S 11 x(deliver)S 12 x(an)S 11 x(in\014nity)S 11 x
(at)S 11 x(a)S 11 x(pole,)S 12 x(in)S 11 x(the)S 11 x(context)S 11 x
(of)S 11 x(an)S 11 x(IEEE)S 11 x(binding.)S 17 x(Accordingly,)S 50 y
327 X(in)S 17 x(Draft)S 17 x(1.2)S 17 x(the)S 17 x(poles)S 18 x(of)S
17 x(functions)S 17 x(were)S 18 x(formally)S 17 x(included)S 17 x
(in)S 17 x(their)S 17 x(domain,)S 18 x(so)S 17 x(that)S 17 x F53
(ARGUMENT_ERROR)S 15 x F6(would)S 17 x(no)S 49 y 327 X(longer)S 16 x
(be)S 16 x(raised)S 16 x(there,)S 16 x(and)S 16 x(it)S 16 x(was)S
16 x(speci\014ed)S 16 x(that)S 16 x(the)S 16 x(exception)S 16 x
(used)S 16 x(by)S 16 x(Ada)S 16 x(for)S 16 x(signaling)S 16 x
(division)S 16 x(by)S 16 x(zero)S 16 x(would)S 50 y 327 X(be)S 15 x
(raised)S 15 x(instead)S 15 x(at)S 14 x(poles.)S 22 x(Thus,)S 15 x
(the)S 15 x(net)S 15 x(ef)S -1 x(fect)S 15 x(of)S 15 x(this)S 15 x
(change)S 15 x(was)S 14 x(merely)S 15 x(to)S 15 x(substitute)S 15 x
(one)S 15 x(exception)S 15 x(for)S 15 x(another.)S 50 y 327 X(In)S
12 x(addition)S 13 x(to)S 13 x(facilitating)S 13 x(the)S 12 x
(exploitation)S 12 x(of)S 13 x(in\014nities)S 13 x(by)S 13 x F53
(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S F6(,)S 7 x(if)S 13 x(and)S 12 x
(when)S 13 x(they)S 12 x(are)S 50 y 327 X(introduced)S 14 x(by)S
15 x(an)S 15 x(IEEE)S 15 x(binding,)S 15 x(the)S 15 x(change)S 15 x
(results)S 15 x(in)S 14 x(uniform)S 14 x(behavior)S 14 x(of)S 14 x
(functions)S 14 x(both)S 14 x F7(near)S 15 x F6(poles)S 15 x(and)S
14 x F7(at)S 14 x F6(poles,)S 50 y 327 X(since)S 15 x(the)S 15 x
(exception)S 15 x(Ada)S 14 x(uses)S 14 x(for)S 15 x(signaling)S 14 x
(division)S 15 x(by)S 15 x(zero)S 14 x(is)S 14 x(the)S 15 x(same)S
14 x(as)S 14 x(the)S 14 x(one)S 15 x(it)S 14 x(uses)S 14 x(for)S
14 x(signaling)S 15 x(over\015ow.)S -15 y F54(5)S 64 y 327 X F6
(This)S 13 x(uniformity)S 13 x(of)S 14 x(behavior\320that)S 13 x
(is,)S 13 x(the)S 13 x(raising)S 13 x(of)S 13 x(the)S 13 x(same)S
13 x(exception)S 13 x(both)S 13 x(near)S 14 x(and)S 13 x(at)S 13 x
(poles,)S 13 x(rather)S 13 x(than)S 13 x(dif)S -1 x(ferent)S
327 2724 XY 600 2 R
XP /F57 /CM-Times-Roman 24.907 11 DF RP
398 2755 XY F57(4)S 12 y F55(Incidentally,)S 12 x(note)S 13 x(that)S
12 x(the)S 12 x(zero)S 12 x(result)S 12 x(produced)S 12 x(by)S 12 x
(the)S 12 x(statement)S 12 x(marked)S 12 x(\(**\))S 12 x(when)S 12 x
F58(Y)S 13 x F55(is)S 12 x(zero)S 12 x(and)S
XP /F58 88 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7F1F80 7F3F80 7F1F80 0E1E00 0E1C00 073C00 073800 03B800 03F000
01F000 01E000 00E000 01E000 01F000 03F000 03B800 07B800 071C00
071C00 0E0E00 0E0E00 1C0700 7F1FC0 FF1FE0 7F1FC0>
PXLC RP
1757 2767 XY F58(X)S 13 x F55(is)S 12 x(positive)S 12 x(retains)S
12 x(the)S 13 x(sign)S 12 x(of)S 12 x F58(Y)S F55(\320or)S 37 y
327 X(so)S 11 x(one)S 11 x(hopes.)S 15 x(There)S 11 x(is)S 11 x(no)S
12 x(question)S 11 x(that,)S 11 x(in)S 11 x(the)S 12 x(absence)S
11 x(of)S 11 x(signed)S 11 x(zeros,)S 12 x(an)S 11 x(optimizing)S
11 x(compiler)S 12 x(could)S 11 x(compile)S 11 x(the)S 11 x
(statement)S 11 x(marked)S 11 x(\(**\))S 11 x(as)S 12 x(if)S 38 y
327 X(it)S 12 x(read)S 11 x(\252)S
XP /F58 114 21 1 0 20 18 18 24 0
<FF0FC0 FF3FE0 FF7FE0 07F040 07E000 07C000 078000 078000 070000
070000 070000 070000 070000 070000 070000 FFFC00 FFFC00 FFFC00>
PXLC RP
440 2842 XY F58(r)S
XP /F58 101 21 3 0 19 18 18 16 0
<03E0 0FF8 1FFC 3C1E 780E 7007 E007 FFFF FFFF FFFF E000 E000 7007
7807 3C0F 1FFE 0FFC 03F0>
PXLC RP
457 2842 XY F58(e)S
XP /F58 116 21 1 0 18 23 23 24 0
<030000 070000 070000 070000 070000 7FFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 070000
070000 070000 070000 070000 070000 070000 070100 070380 070380
070780 078780 03FF00 03FE00 00F800>
PXLC RP
474 2842 XY F58(t)S
XP /F58 117 21 0 0 21 18 18 24 0
<7E1F80 FE3F80 7E1F80 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380
0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0780 0F0F80 0FFFF0 07FFF8 03E3F0>
PXLC RP
492 2842 XY F58(ur)S
XP /F58 110 21 0 0 21 18 18 24 0
<7E3C00 FEFF00 7FFF80 0F8780 0F0380 0F0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380
0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 0E0380 7FC7F0 FFE7F8 7FC7F0>
PXLC RP
527 2842 XY F58(n)S 18 x(0.0)S
XP /F58 59 21 7 -6 13 18 24 8 0
<38 7C 7C 7C 38 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 38 7C 7C 7C 3C 1C 3C 38 F8 F0
60>
PXLC RP
614 2842 XY F58(;)S F55(\272.)S 15 x(However,)S 11 x(the)S 11 x
(question)S 12 x(of)S 11 x(whether)S 11 x(such)S 11 x(an)S 11 x
(optimization)S 11 x(should)S 11 x(be)S 11 x(allowed)S 11 x(in)S
11 x(the)S 11 x(presence)S 11 x(of)S 11 x(signed)S 11 x(zeros)S 12 x
(has)S 11 x(not)S 11 x(yet)S 37 y 327 X(been)S 11 x(de\014nitively)S
11 x(answered.)S 15 x(A)S 11 x(safer)S 11 x(approach)S 11 x(might)S
11 x(be)S 11 x(to)S 11 x(write)S 11 x(\252)S F58(return)S 20 x(C)S
XP /F58 79 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<1FFC00 3FFE00 7FFF00 780F00 F00780 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380
E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380
E00380 F00780 F00780 780F00 7FFF00 3FFE00 1FFC00>
PXLC RP
1356 2879 XY F58(O)S
XP /F58 80 21 1 0 19 25 25 24 0
<7FF800 FFFE00 7FFF00 1C0F80 1C0380 1C03C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0
1C03C0 1C0380 1C0F80 1FFF00 1FFE00 1FF800 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000
1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 7F0000 FF8000 7F0000>
PXLC RP
1374 2879 XY F58(PY)S
XP /F58 95 21 2 -4 19 -1 3 24 0
<FFFF80 FFFF80 FFFF80>
PXLC RP
1409 2879 XY F58(_)S
XP /F58 83 21 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<07E300 1FFF00 7FFF00 781F00 F00F00 E00700 E00700 E00000 F00000
780000 7F8000 1FF000 07FC00 00FE00 000F00 000780 000380 000380
E00380 E00380 F00780 F80F00 FFFE00 FFFC00 C7F000>
PXLC RP
1426 2879 XY F58(S)S
XP /F58 73 21 3 0 18 25 25 16 0
<FFFE FFFE FFFE 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380
0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 FFFE FFFE FFFE>
PXLC RP
1444 2879 XY F58(I)S
XP /F58 71 21 2 0 20 25 25 24 0
<03E300 07FF00 1FFF00 3E1F00 3C0F00 780F00 780700 700700 F00000
E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E03F80 E07FC0 E03F80 F00700 700700
780F00 780F00 3C0F00 3E1F00 1FFF00 07FF00 03E700>
PXLC RP
1461 2879 XY F58(G)S
XP /F58 78 21 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7E1FC0 FF3FE0 7F1FC0 1D0700 1D8700 1D8700 1D8700 1DC700 1DC700
1CC700 1CC700 1CE700 1CE700 1CE700 1C6700 1C6700 1C7700 1C7700
1C3700 1C3700 1C3700 1C1700 7F1F00 FF9F00 7F0F00>
PXLC RP
1478 2879 XY F58(N)S
XP /F58 40 21 6 -4 17 29 33 16 0
<00E0 01E0 07C0 0700 0F00 1E00 3C00 3800 7800 7000 7000 7000 F000
E000 E000 E000 E000 E000 E000 E000 F000 7000 7000 7000 7800 3800
3C00 1E00 0F00 0700 07C0 01E0 00E0>
PXLC RP
1496 2879 XY F58(\(0.0)S
XP /F58 44 21 7 -6 14 5 11 8 0
<38 7C 7E 7E 3E 0E 1E 3C 7C F8 60>
PXLC RP
1566 2879 XY F58(,)S 18 x(Y)S
XP /F58 41 21 4 -4 15 29 33 16 0
<E000 F000 7C00 1C00 1E00 0F00 0780 0380 03C0 01C0 01C0 01C0 01E0
00E0 00E0 00E0 00E0 00E0 00E0 00E0 01E0 01C0 01C0 01C0 03C0 0380
0780 0F00 1E00 1C00 7C00 F000 E000>
PXLC RP
1618 2879 XY F58(\);)S F55(\272)S 12 x(at)S 11 x(\(**\).)S 35 y
398 X F57(5)S 11 y F55(The)S 13 x(exceptional)S 14 x(condition)S
14 x(at)S 14 x(poles)S 13 x(is)S 14 x(described)S 14 x(as)S 13 x(an)S
13 x(occurrence)S 13 x(of)S 14 x(division)S 13 x(by)S 13 x(zero,)S
14 x(rather)S 14 x(than)S 14 x(of)S 14 x(over\015ow,)S 15 x(because)S
13 x(experience)S 14 x(has)S 38 y 327 X(shown)S 12 x(that)S 12 x
(natural)S 12 x(algorithms)S 12 x(actually)S 12 x(do)S 12 x(cause)S
12 x(a)S 12 x(division)S 11 x(by)S 11 x(zero)S 12 x(at)S 12 x
(poles.)S 17 x(Note)S 12 x(that)S 12 x(it)S 12 x(is)S 12 x(possible)S
12 x(to)S 12 x(use)S 12 x(the)S 12 x(facilities)S 12 x(of)S 12 x
(the)S 11 x(proposed)S 12 x(IEEE)S 37 y 327 X(binding)S 12 x(to)S
11 x(establish)S 11 x(dif)S -1 x(ferent)S 12 x(handlers)S 11 x(for)S
11 x(division)S 11 x(by)S 11 x(zero)S 12 x(and)S 12 x(for)S 11 x
(over)S
(\015ow.)S 3128 Y 1281 X F6(15)S
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327 342 XY F6(exceptions\320is)S 18 x(appealing)S 18 x(because)S
18 x(it)S 18 x(emphasizes)S 19 x(the)S 18 x(similarities)S 18 x(in)S
19 x(these)S 18 x(two)S 18 x(cases,)S 20 x(rather)S 19 x(than)S 18 x
(their)S 18 x(dif)S -1 x(ferences)S 49 y 327 X(\(which)S 16 x(might)S
16 x(in)S 16 x(fact)S 15 x(stem)S 16 x(from)S 16 x(nothing)S 16 x
(more)S 16 x(than)S 16 x(certain)S 15 x(machine)S 16 x
(dependences\).)S -15 y F54(6)S 537 Y 327 X F52(Why)S 17 x(is)S 17 x
(a)S 17 x(package)S 17 x(of)S 18 x(mathematical)S 17 x(constants)S
18 x(not)S 17 x(included)S 17 x(in)S 18 x(this)S 17 x(standard?)S
615 Y 410 X F6(A)S 15 x(package)S 15 x(of)S 15 x(useful)S 15 x
(mathematical)S 15 x(constants)S 15 x(containing)S 15 x(values)S
15 x(for)S 15 x F21(\031)S 1 x F6(,)S 16 x F21(e)S F6(,)S 15 x(and)S
15 x(many)S 15 x(other)S 15 x(things)S 15 x(is)S 15 x(an)S 15 x
(obvious)S 50 y 327 X(candidate)S 16 x(for)S 16 x(inclusion)S 16 x
(in)S 17 x(a)S 16 x(numerical)S 16 x(standard.)S 26 x(While)S 16 x
(it)S 16 x(would)S 17 x(do)S 16 x(little)S 17 x(to)S 16 x(increase)S
16 x(the)S 16 x(portability)S 16 x(of)S 16 x(numerical)S 50 y 327 X
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(constants)S 13 x(easily)S 13 x(enough)S 13 x(and)S 13 x(write)S
13 x(them)S 13 x(as)S 13 x(literals)S 13 x(in)S 13 x(programs,)S
50 y 327 X(preferably)S 11 x(in)S 11 x(declarations)S 12 x(of)S 12 x
(named)S 12 x(numbers\),)S 12 x(such)S 11 x(a)S 11 x(package)S 12 x
(would)S
(\320by)S 12 x(eliminating)S 11 x(the)S 12 x(likelihood)S 12 x(of)S
12 x(transcription)S 50 y 327 X(errors\320potentially)S 13 x(have)S
13 x(a)S 13 x(bene\014cial)S 13 x(ef)S -1 x(fect)S 14 x(on)S 14 x
(the)S 13 x(reliability)S 13 x(of)S 13 x(applications.)S 19 x
(Indeed,)S 13 x(during)S 13 x(the)S 13 x(development)S 13 x(of)S
13 x(the)S 50 y 327 X F53(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S 7 x F6
(standard,)S 14 x(the)S 14 x(committee)S 13 x(had)S 13 x(numerous)S
13 x(requests)S 13 x(to)S 13 x(include)S 13 x(such)S 13 x(a)S 13 x
(package)S 13 x(and)S 49 y 327 X(numerous)S 11 x(suggestions)S 12 x
(for)S 12 x(its)S 12 x(contents.)S 18 x(There)S 11 x(was,)S 12 x(at)S
12 x(one)S 12 x(time,)S 12 x(an)S 12 x(even)S 12 x(more)S 11 x
(important)S 12 x(reason)S 11 x(for)S 11 x(including)S 12 x(it:)S
17 x(until)S 50 y 327 X(the)S 12 x(decision)S 12 x(was)S 13 x(made)S
13 x(to)S 13 x(accommodate)S 12 x(arbitrary)S 13 x(periods)S 13 x
(in)S 13 x(the)S 13 x(trigonometric)S 12 x(functions)S 13 x(by)S
13 x(subprogram)S 13 x(overloading)S 50 y 327 X(instead)S 10 x(of)S
11 x(by)S 11 x(optional)S 11 x(parameters)S 11 x(with)S 11 x
(default)S 11 x(values,)S 12 x(the)S 11 x(speci\014cation)S 11 x
(for)S 11 x F53(GENERIC_ELEMENTARY_FUNCTIONS)S 5 x F6(itself)S 50 y
327 X(had)S 16 x(a)S 16 x(need)S 16 x(to)S 16 x(incorporate)S 16 x
(values)S 16 x(for)S 16 x(2)S F21(\031)S 17 x F6(and)S 16 x F21(e)S
F6(,)S 18 x(and)S 16 x(it)S 16 x(would)S 16 x(have)S 16 x(been)S
16 x(important)S 16 x(to)S 16 x(allow)S 16 x(that)S 16 x
(speci\014cation)S 16 x(and)S 50 y 327 X(the)S 17 x(user's)S 17 x
(application)S 17 x(to)S 17 x(obtain)S 17 x(them)S 17 x(from)S 18 x
(the)S 17 x(same)S 17 x(source.)S 58 y 410 X(The)S 14 x
(speci\014cation)S 15 x(in)S 14 x(its)S 14 x(\014nal)S 15 x(form)S
15 x(does)S 14 x(not)S 14 x(have)S 15 x(a)S 15 x(need)S 15 x(for)S
15 x(those)S 14 x(v)S
PF
XP /F6 /CM-Times-Roman 41.511 11 DNF RP
1561 1172 XY F6(alues.)S 20 x(Nevertheless,)S 15 x(that)S 15 x(is)S
15 x(not)S 14 x(the)S 15 x(reason)S 50 y 327 X(for)S 16 x(the)S 16 x
(absence)S 16 x(of)S 16 x(a)S 16 x(package)S 16 x(of)S 16 x
(mathematical)S 16 x(constants)S 16 x(in)S 16 x(this)S 16 x
(standard;)S 17 x(it)S 16 x(is)S 16 x(merely)S 16 x(an)S 16 x
(explanation)S 16 x(for)S 16 x(why)S 16 x(the)S 49 y 327 X(speci)S
(\014cation)S 13 x(of)S
XP /F53 /cmtt10 300 41.5 41.5 128 [0 -10 22 29] PXLNF RP
XP /F53 71 22 2 0 20 25 25 24 0
<03E300 07FF00 1FFF00 3E1F00 3C0F00 780F00 780700 700700 F00000
E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E03F80 E07FC0 E03F80 F00700 700700
780F00 780F00 3C0F00 3E1F00 1FFF00 07FF00 03E700>
PXLC RP
597 1271 XY F53(G)S
XP /F53 69 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7FFFC0 FFFFC0 7FFFC0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C0000 1C0000
1C1C00 1C1C00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1C1C00 1C1C00 1C0000 1C00E0
1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 7FFFE0 FFFFE0 7FFFE0>
PXLC RP
619 1271 XY F53(E)S
XP /F53 78 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7E1FC0 FF3FE0 7F1FC0 1D0700 1D8700 1D8700 1D8700 1DC700 1DC700
1CC700 1CC700 1CE700 1CE700 1CE700 1C6700 1C6700 1C7700 1C7700
1C3700 1C3700 1C3700 1C1700 7F1F00 FF9F00 7F0F00>
PXLC RP
641 1271 XY F53(NE)S
XP /F53 82 22 1 0 21 25 25 24 0
<7FE000 FFF800 7FFC00 1C1E00 1C0F00 1C0700 1C0700 1C0700 1C0700
1C0F00 1C1E00 1FFC00 1FF800 1FFC00 1C1C00 1C0E00 1C0E00 1C0E00
1C0E00 1C0E20 1C0E70 1C0E70 7F07E0 FF87E0 7F03C0>
PXLC RP
684 1271 XY F53(R)S
XP /F53 73 22 3 0 18 25 25 16 0
<FFFE FFFE FFFE 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380
0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 0380 FFFE FFFE FFFE>
PXLC RP
706 1271 XY F53(I)S
XP /F53 67 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<01F180 07FF80 0FFF80 1F0F80 3C0780 780780 780380 700380 F00000
E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 E00000 F00000 700380
780380 780380 3C0780 1F0F00 0FFE00 07FC00 01F000>
PXLC RP
728 1271 XY F53(C)S
XP /F53 95 22 2 -4 19 -1 3 24 0
<FFFF80 FFFF80 FFFF80>
PXLC RP
750 1271 XY F53(_E)S
XP /F53 76 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FFC000 FFC000 FFC000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000
1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0040
1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0>
PXLC RP
793 1271 XY F53(LE)S
XP /F53 77 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FC07E0 FE0FE0 FE0FE0 3A0B80 3B1B80 3B1B80 3B1B80 3B1B80 3B1B80
3BBB80 39B380 39B380 39B380 39B380 39F380 38E380 38E380 380380
380380 380380 380380 380380 FE0FE0 FE0FE0 FE0FE0>
PXLC RP
837 1271 XY F53(MEN)S
XP /F53 84 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<7FFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 E0E0E0 E0E0E0 E0E0E0 E0E0E0 00E000 00E000
00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000
00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 07FC00 0FFE00 07FC00>
PXLC RP
902 1271 XY F53(T)S
XP /F53 65 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<00E000 01F000 01F000 01B000 01B000 03B800 03B800 03B800 031800
071C00 071C00 071C00 071C00 071C00 0E0E00 0E0E00 0FFE00 0FFE00
1FFF00 1C0700 1C0700 1C0700 7F1FC0 FF1FE0 7F1FC0>
PXLC RP
924 1271 XY F53(AR)S
XP /F53 89 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FE0FE0 FF1FE0 FE0FE0 1C0700 1C0700 0E0E00 0E0E00 071C00 071C00
071C00 03B800 03B800 01F000 01F000 00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000
00E000 00E000 00E000 00E000 03F800 07FC00 03F800>
PXLC RP
967 1271 XY F53(Y_)S
XP /F53 70 22 1 0 20 25 25 24 0
<FFFFE0 FFFFE0 FFFFE0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C00E0 1C0000 1C0000
1C1C00 1C1C00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1FFC00 1C1C00 1C1C00 1C0000 1C0000
1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 1C0000 FF8000 FFC000 FF8000>
PXLC RP
1011 1271 XY F53(F)S
XP /F53 85 22 0 0 21 25 25 24 0
<7F07F0 FF8FF8 7F07F0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0
1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0 1C01C0
1C01C0 0E0380 0E0380 070700 07FF00 03FE00 00F800>
PXLC RP
1033 1271 XY F53(UNCTI)S
XP /F53 79 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<1FFC00 3FFE00 7FFF00 780F00 F00780 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380
E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380 E00380
E00380 F00780 F00780 780F00 7FFF00 3FFE00 1FFC00>
PXLC RP
1142 1271 XY F53(ON)S
XP /F53 83 22 2 0 19 25 25 24 0
<07E300 1FFF00 7FFF00 781F00 F00F00 E00700 E00700 E00000 F00000
780000 7F8000 1FF000 07FC00 00FE00 000F00 000780 000380 000380
E00380 E00380 F00780 F80F00 FFFE00 FFFC00 C7F000>
PXLC RP
1185 1271 XY F53(S)S 13 x F6(can)S 12 x(get)S 13 x(by)S 13 x
(without)S 13 x(one.)S 18 x(The)S 13 x(committee,)S 13 x(in)S 13 x
(fact,)S 13 x(early)S 13 x(invested)S 50 y 327 X(considerable)S 15 x
(ef)S -1 x(fort)S 15 x(towards)S 15 x(the)S 15 x(inclusion)S 15 x
(of)S 15 x(such)S 15 x(a)S 15 x(package.)S 22 x(The)S 15 x(problem)S
15 x(that)S 15 x(it)S 15 x(faced)S 15 x(was)S 15 x(in)S 15 x
(determining)S 15 x(where)S 50 y 327 X(to)S 14 x(draw)S 15 x(the)S
14 x(line)S 14 x(on)S 15 x(its)S 14 x(contents.)S 19 x(When)S 14 x
(it)S 15 x(became)S 15 x(clear)S 14 x(that)S 14 x(no)S 15 x
(consensus)S 14 x(was)S 14 x(likely)S 14 x(to)S 14 x(be)S 14 x
(reached)S 14 x(in)S 14 x(a)S 14 x(reasonable)S 50 y 327 X(amount)S
15 x(of)S 16 x(time,)S 16 x(the)S 16 x(committee)S 15 x(decided)S
15 x(to)S 15 x(defer)S 16 x(consideration)S 16 x(of)S 15 x(a)S 15 x
(package)S 15 x(of)S 15 x(mathematical)S 15 x(constants)S 15 x
(until)S 15 x(some)S 50 y 327 X(future)S 14 x(time)S 15 x(rather)S
15 x(than)S 15 x(risk)S 14 x(delaying)S 15 x(the)S 15 x(development)S
15 x(of)S 15 x(the)S 15 x(elementary)S 14 x(functions)S 14 x
(standard)S 14 x(unnecessarily.)S
XP /F52 /CM-Helvetica-BoldOblique 49.813 12 DNF RP
327 1616 XY F52(Conclusions;)S 23 x(a)S 21 x(look)S 21 x(at)S 21 x
(the)S 21 x(future)S 1695 Y 410 X F6(The)S 14 x(proposed)S 15 x
(elementary)S 15 x(functions)S 15 x(standard)S 15 x(satis\014es)S
15 x(one)S 14 x(part)S 15 x(of)S 15 x(W)S -3 x(ork)S 14 x(Item)S
15 x(JTC1.22.10.02)S 14 x(\(\252Standardization)S 50 y 327 X(of)S
20 x(Ada)S 20 x(Numeric)S 21 x(Packages\272\),)S 21 x(assigned)S
21 x(to)S 20 x(the)S 20 x(WG9)S 20 x(Numerics)S 21 x(Rapporteur)S
20 x(Group.)S 37 x(Though)S 20 x(it)S 20 x(will)S 20 x
(signi\014cantly)S 49 y 327 X(improve)S 11 x(the)S 11 x(prospects)S
11 x(of)S 11 x(portability)S 11 x(for)S 11 x(engineering)S 11 x(and)S
11 x(scienti\014c)S 11 x(applications)S 11 x(written)S 11 x(in)S
11 x(Ada,)S 11 x(much)S 11 x(more)S 11 x(is)S 11 x(needed;)S 50 y
327 X(accordingly,)S 12 x(other)S 11 x(standards)S 11 x(are)S 11 x
(being)S 12 x(developed)S 12 x(in)S 11 x(response)S 11 x(to)S 12 x
(the)S 12 x(remaining)S 11 x(parts)S 12 x(of)S 11 x(the)S 12 x(work)S
11 x(item.)S 18 x(Reference)S 12 x(has)S 50 y 327 X(already)S 10 x
(been)S 10 x(made)S 10 x(to)S 10 x(the)S 9 x(need)S 10 x(for,)S 10 x
(and)S 10 x(development)S 9 x(of,)S 11 x(a)S 10 x(standardized)S
9 x(generic)S 10 x(package)S 9 x(of)S 9 x(\015oating-point)S 10 x
(manipulation)S 50 y 327 X(functions,)S 11 x(and)S 11 x(to)S 11 x(a)S
11 x(package)S 11 x(of)S 11 x(mathematical)S 11 x(constants.)S 18 x
(In)S 11 x(addition)S 11 x(to)S 11 x(those,)S 11 x(the)S 11 x
(people)S 11 x(who)S 10 x(have)S 11 x(worked)S 11 x(together)S 10 x
(on)S 50 y 327 X(the)S 15 x(elementary)S 15 x(functions)S 15 x
(standard)S 15 x(are)S 16 x(now)S 15 x(working)S 16 x(on)S 15 x
(proposals)S 15 x(for)S 15 x(complex)S 15 x(arithmetic)S 15 x(and)S
15 x(complex)S 16 x(elementary)S 49 y 327 X(functions,)S 20 x(for)S
19 x(vector)S 19 x(and)S 18 x(matrix)S 18 x(routines,)S 20 x(and)S
18 x(for)S 18 x(random-number)S 18 x(generators.)S 32 x(These)S 19 x
(ef)S -1 x(forts,)S 20 x(whose)S 18 x(motivation)S 50 y 327 X(comes)S
14 x(partly)S 14 x(from)S 14 x(the)S 14 x(consensus)S 15 x(of)S 14 x
(support)S 14 x(already)S 14 x(exhibited)S 14 x(for)S 15 x(the)S
14 x(proposed)S 14 x(elementary)S 14 x(functions)S 14 x(standard,)S
14 x(can)S 50 y 327 X(be)S 18 x(expected)S 18 x(to)S 18 x(reach)S
17 x(fruition)S 17 x(in)S 18 x(the)S 17 x(next)S 17 x(few)S 18 x
(years.)S 58 y 410 X(The)S 15 x(focus)S 16 x(on)S 15 x(Ada)S 16 x
(numerics)S 16 x(associated)S 16 x(with)S 16 x(these)S 16 x(ongoing)S
16 x(standardization)S 15 x(activities)S 16 x(is)S 15 x(also)S 16 x
(fostering)S 15 x(several)S 50 y 327 X(research)S 15 x(endeavors.)S
21 x(One)S 15 x(line)S 15 x(of)S 15 x(research)S 15 x(growing)S 15 x
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PXLC RP
820 2630 XY F20(0)S
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PXLC RP
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PXLC RP
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