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Can't use od to print half-precision floats

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Message #34 received at 68871 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,
 "Rozenberg, Eyal (Consultant)" <Eyal.Rozenberg <at> gehealthcare.com>,
 68871 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#68871: Can't use od to print half-precision floats
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 13:37:09 +0000

On 04/02/2024 21:59, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thanks. One minor comment about this:
> 
>> +@item B
>> +brain 16 bit float
>> +@item H
>> +half precision float
> 
> It might be helpful explain these two formats, e.g., to cite:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bfloat16_floating-point_format
> 
> and
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-precision_floating-point_format
> 
> respectively, since the formats are new compared to the other formats
> being discussed.

Good call.
I added those references and pushed.

cheers,
Pádraig.

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