Appending one or more letters to a floating-point instruction determines the VAX or IEEE rounding mode to be used.
VAX Rounding Mode Qualifiers
Mode | Qualifier |
Normal rounding | None |
Chopped | c |
IEEE Rounding Mode Qualifiers
Mode | Qualifiers |
Normal rounding | None |
Plus infinity | d (ensure that the dyn field of the FPCR is 11) |
Minus infinity | m |
Chopped | c |