https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24021

--- Comment #9 from Vincent Lefèvre <vincent-gcc at vinc17 dot net> ---
(In reply to Aldy Hernandez from comment #6)
> As I've mentioned, I'm hoping some floating expert can take this across to
> goal line, as my head will start spinning as soon as we start talking about
> NANs and such.  The range-op work will likely require floating specialized
> knowledge.

Subnormals might also need to be considered as special cases: "Whether and in
what cases subnormal numbers are treated as zeros is implementation defined."
will be added to C23 (some behaviors are dictated by the hardware, e.g. ARM in
some non-IEEE configurations), but I've asked for clarification in the CFP
mailing-list.

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