13 July 2006                                                                                 J3/06-191


Sub ject:    Comments on Clause 7
From:        Van Snyder



1    Edits
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[Editor: Needs a 7.1.8.1 Subclause at the outset. Suggest:]
7.1.8 Evaluation of expressions
7.1.8.1 Evaluation of op erations
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[The paragraph about numeric operations would be easier to find if it were in 7.1.8.3 Evaluation of
numeric intrinsic op erations, say at [148:1-], or after the first sentence of the first paragraph of 7.2.1
Numeric intrinsic op erations. Furthermore, since exponentiation xx2 is usually defined as exp(x2 log x1 ),
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shouldn't the sentence begin "Raising a nonpositive-valued. . . ?"
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[The typography would be clearer if instead of xx2 we had exp(x2 log x1 ).]
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