F.6 Contracted expressions

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A contracted expression treats infinities, NaNs, signed zeros, subnormals, and the rounding directions in a manner consistent with the basic arithmetic operations covered by IEC 60559.

Recommended practice

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A contracted expression should raise floating-point exceptions in a manner generally consistent with the basic arithmetic operations. A contracted expression should deliver the same value as its uncontracted counterpart, else should be correctly rounded (once).