Floating point rounding modes: we should restrict them slightly

[Denis Koroskin]

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:44:48 +0400, Jason House  
<jason.james.house at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don Wrote:
>>
>> I've provided very simple solutions for both of these. I'm getting
>> pretty irritated that people are acting as though these are difficult
>> problems and trying to come up with convoluted solutions. Impose minimal
>> semantics and it becomes trivial.
>
> FWIW, I've liked your proposals, but I don't feel qualified to comment.  
> I never adjust rounding modes. I do like how I can be ignorant and get  
> code that is better optimized. You've shown deep knowledge of floating  
> point operation in the past, and I'm inclined to accept  
> reasonable-sounding proposals from those that know way more than me.
>

I second that. Nothing to add.