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Author	mark.dickinson
Recipients	mark.dickinson, rhettinger, skrah
Date	2009-10-07.18:02:28
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Message-id	<1254938550.55.0.224858945135.issue7048@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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The IEEE 754-2008 description of scaleB makes a lot more sense, IMO: scaleB(x, N) is simply x10*N (assuming that B=10 and N is integral), rounded in the usual way. The restriction in the specification seems arbitrary and questionable. Presumably it's intended to aid implementation in low-level languages.

The IEEE 754-2008 description of scaleB makes a lot more sense, IMO:
scaleB(x, N) is simply x*10**N (assuming that B=10 and N is integral), 
rounded in the usual way.

The restriction in the specification seems arbitrary and questionable.  
Presumably it's intended to aid implementation in low-level languages.

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