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Author	mark.dickinson
Recipients	mark.dickinson, serhiy.storchaka
Date	2017-04-01.15:17:28
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Message-id	<[email protected]>
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> Shouldn't the new function be named math.remainder_near? Not clear. :-) I'd prefer to keep the name that's consistent with both C and IEEE 754. (We already have plenty of naming differences between Decimal and math; attempting to reconcile them is likely futile.) FTR: IEEE 754: remainder C99: remainder IBM Decimal spec: remainder-near Java: IEEEremainder .NET: IEEERemainder

> Shouldn't the new function be named math.remainder_near?

Not clear. :-) I'd prefer to keep the name that's consistent with both C and IEEE 754. (We already have plenty of naming differences between Decimal and math; attempting to reconcile them is likely futile.)

FTR:

IEEE 754: remainder
C99: remainder
IBM Decimal spec: remainder-near
Java: IEEEremainder
.NET: IEEERemainder

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Date	User	Action	Args
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