[clang] b46a1b1 - [doc] Fix description of _Float16

Kito Cheng via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Mar 3 22:18:46 PST 2021


Author: Kito Cheng
Date: 2021-03-04T14:17:54+08:00
New Revision: b46a1b129f684a230dd680341d198d8b11731812

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/b46a1b129f684a230dd680341d198d8b11731812
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/b46a1b129f684a230dd680341d198d8b11731812.diff

LOG: [doc] Fix description of _Float16

According to ISO/IEC TS 18661-3:2015 _FloatN is interchange floating
point type, extended floating-point type is _FloatNx.

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2342.pdf

Reviewed By: SjoerdMeijer

Differential revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D97759

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Modified: 
    clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst

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diff  --git a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
index 4b82b8a6dbbc..4e25abca656a 100644
--- a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ The behavior of ``__fp16`` is specified by the ARM C Language Extensions (`ACLE
 Clang uses the ``binary16`` format from IEEE 754-2008 for ``__fp16``, not the ARM
 alternative format.
 
-``_Float16`` is an extended floating-point type.  This means that, just like arithmetic on
+``_Float16`` is an interchange floating-point type.  This means that, just like arithmetic on
 ``float`` or ``double``, arithmetic on ``_Float16`` operands is formally performed in the
 ``_Float16`` type, so that e.g. the result of adding two ``_Float16`` values has type
 ``_Float16``.  The behavior of ``_Float16`` is specified by ISO/IEC TS 18661-3:2015


        


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