+ // If this is a truncation of a denormal number, and the target semantics
+ // has larger exponent range than the source semantics (this can happen
+ // when truncating from PowerPC double-double to double format), the
+ // right shift could lose result mantissa bits. Adjust exponent instead
+ // of performing excessive shift.
+ if (shift < 0 && isFiniteNonZero()) {
+ int exponentChange = significandMSB() + 1 - fromSemantics.precision;
+ if (exponent + exponentChange < toSemantics.minExponent)
+ exponentChange = toSemantics.minExponent - exponent;
+ if (exponentChange < shift)
+ exponentChange = shift;
+ if (exponentChange < 0) {
+ shift -= exponentChange;
+ exponent += exponentChange;
+ }
+ }
+