G.5 Binary operators

1

The following subclauses supplement 6.5 in order to specify the type of the result for an operation with an imaginary operand.

2

For most operand types, the value of the result of a binary operator with an imaginary or complex operand is completely determined, with reference to real arithmetic, by the usual mathematical formula. For some operand types, the usual mathematical formula is problematic because of its treatment of infinities and because of undue overflow or underflow; in these cases the result satisfies certain properties (specified in G.5.1), but is not completely determined.