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| | Re: Mixed radix arithmetic |
 | | The indication should be drawn from a Standard-define enumeration, which should include entries for "not implemented", "unitialized", and one or more "other implementation specific". |
 | | As the possible causes may differ between the radices, I think the enumeration should represent the union of the conditions, so that the indication will survive radix conversion. |
 | | In this sense, that a NaN encodes a condition which may indicate the radix that obtained when the condition occurred, yes, a Not a Number can have a radix, despite Dan's amusement. |
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