Complex number functions for std.math

[Anders F Björklund]

James Dunne wrote:

>> I think you should also include half (16-bit) and quad (128-bit) floats.
> 
> Are they IEEE 754 standardized?  I'll take a look into this.  Thanks!

No, but they follow the same format. "IEEE-compatible", perhaps ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_precision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_precision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_precision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_precision

I think that quads are now included in IEEE 754r (for "revised")

--anders