RFR: JDK-8285977: Add links to IEEE 754 specification
Jonathan Gibbons
jjg at openjdk.java.net
Mon May 2 23:08:54 UTC 2022
On Mon, 2 May 2022 22:55:43 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:
> Please review the addition of @-see links from classes that mention the IEEE 754 floating-point standard to an IEEE page about the standard. The URL in the initial version of the PR is the top search result on the IEEE home page for "754 standard".
>
> Another candidate page to use is
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> https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=8766227
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> which is (apparently) a stable citation page for the standard.
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> These links may be upgraded to the the forthcoming @-spec facility in the future. ( JDK-6251738).
I endorse the use of a URL with a host-name like `standards.ieee.org`
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Marked as reviewed by jjg (Reviewer).
PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8511
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