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Re: underflow detection


Hi -

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 09:58:28AM +1100, Ben Elliston wrote:
: [...]
: Is it sufficient to test if `x' (or `y') is negative to detect
: underflow?

No -- if x=1 and y=-1, there is no underflow.
But perhaps this is not what you mean.

- FChE

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