CVS difference for ais/ai-00268.txt

--- ais/ai-00268.txt	2002/06/11 05:15:49	1.10
+++ ais/ai-00268.txt	2005/06/16 23:47:20	1.11
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-!standard  4.09 (38)                                   01-09-07  AI95-00268/03
+!standard  4.09 (38)                                   05-05-16  AI95-00268/04
 !class binding interpretation 01-05-14
 !status Amendment 200Y 02-05-09
 !status WG9 Approved 01-10-05
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 It is recommended that the rounding be the same as the default rounding on the
 target system.
 
+The rounding rules for all formal types is the same (we want formal derived
+types that happen to be scalar and formal scalar types to be on an equal
+footing).
+
 !question
 
 4.9(38) requires biased rounding of static floating point expressions. This
@@ -45,21 +49,21 @@
 of the expected type; if the value is exactly half-way between two machine
 numbers, any rounding shall be performed away from zero. If the expected type
 is a descendant of a formal scalar type, no special rounding or truncating is
-required - normal accuracy rules apply (see Annex G).
+required @emdash normal accuracy rules apply (see Annex G).
 @dby
 For a real static expression that is not part of a larger static
-expression, and whose expected type is not a descendant of a formal scalar
+expression, and whose expected type is not a descendant of a formal
 type, the implementation shall round or truncate the value (according to the
 Machine_Rounds attribute of the expected type) to the nearest machine number
 of the expected type; if the value is exactly half-way between two machine
 numbers, the rounding performed is implementation-defined. If the expected type
-is a descendant of a formal scalar type, no special rounding or truncating is
-required - normal accuracy rules apply (see Annex G).
+is a descendant of a formal type, no special rounding or truncating is
+required @emdash normal accuracy rules apply (see Annex G).
 
 @i<@s8<Implementation Advice>>
 
 For a real static expression that is not part of a larger static
-expression, and whose expected type is not a descendant of a formal scalar
+expression, and whose expected type is not a descendant of a formal
 type, the rounding should be the same as the default rounding for the target
 system.