[cxx-abi-dev] IEEE 754r half-precision fp mangling?

[PremAnand M Rao]

Dennis Handly wrote:
>> From: PremAnand M Rao <premanand.rao at hp.com>
>> And I would also like to ask again the opinion of all on the list if
>> "Dh" really is appropriate for the half-precision floating point types.
> 
> We are using "D" as an extension letter, it doesn't really mean "decimal"
> anymore.  :-)
> 
>> half-precision floating point type is a binary floating point type whereas
>> the other "D[fde]" types are decimal floating point types.
> PremAnand.
> 
> That's correct but we have recently gotten requests for 6 new types and
> rather than waste single letters, my suggestion was just use "D" for
> a "family" of 2*26 more builtin types.

Okay, I missed reading your earlier suggestion.  I guess I am fine with 
Scott's suggested wording, with my correction.

PremAnand.