Per Bothner wrote:
Well, it seems logical to generalize "+nan.0" to "+nan.NNNNN".
Perhaps, but once you have a read/write syntax that allows you to specify the specific bit pattern you need to consider (a) how to specify the precision and (b) if and how to specify a nan without specifying the bit patterns.
Regards, Alan -- Dr Alan Watson Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica Universidad Astronómico Nacional de México