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   Terje Mathisen to Thomas Koenig   
   Re: Why no roundTiesToOdd in IEEE?   
   10 Nov 25 08:38:57   
   
   From: terje.mathisen@tmsw.no   
      
   Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   > There is a clear use case for roundTiesToOdd (correctly rounding   
   > calculations for later conversion to a lower precision), this is   
   > why Power implements it for its 128-bit HW.   
   >   
   > Why didn't make this into IEEE 754-2019?  Will it (likely) be   
   > in a future revision?   
   >   
   > Terje, maybe you can shed some light on this.   
      
   The WG discussions are private, but I can confirm that rounding modes   
   are on the table.   
      
   Terje   
      
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