On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:31:36 GMT, Andrew Haley <a...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp line 1853: >> >>> 1851: >>> 1852: #ifndef IA32 >>> 1853: // Quickly test to make sure denormals are correctly handled. >> >> Nit: I recommend using "subnormal" rather than "denormal" for general >> terminology on this point. While "denormal" was used in the original IEEE >> 754 standard from 1985, subsequent iterations of the standard using >> "subnormal" The term "subnormal" has also been used for the last several >> editions of JLS and JVMS. > > I've long avoided "subnormal" because > > subnormal in British English, adjective > 3. [old-fashioned, offensive] a person of low intelligence All done. Good to go? ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10661#discussion_r1372936648
