Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:28:27 +0200
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> From: <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 20:55:05 +0200 (CEST)
> 
> Similarly, should "Use at most 8
> hexadecimal digits in @var{hex-number} or the internal conversion will
> overflow, which results in a mantissa of 0x7fffff.  If
> @code{@var{hex-number}&0x7fffff} is 0 (which won't work as a
> representation of a NaN) @code{NAN} will be returned." be 
> 
> "Use at most 8
> hexadecimal digits in @var{hex-number} or the internal conversion will
> overflow, which results in a mantissa of all ones.  If the bit pattern
> given is 0 (which won't work as a representation of a NaN) @code{NAN}
> will be returned."?

Yes.

> If yes, should, in the previous paragraph, "of all ones" be as is, or 
> "of all 1s" or "with all bits set"?

"with all bits set" is much better, IMHO.