Arguments

 

polynomial-argument

   OpenVMS usage:floating_point
   type:         D_floating
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by reference

   The address of a D-floating number that is the argument for the
   polynomial.
 

degree

   OpenVMS usage:word_signed
   type:         word integer (signed)
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by reference

   The address of a signed word integer that is the highest-numbered
   nonzero coefficient to participate in the evaluation.

   If the degree is 0, the result equals C[0]. The range of the
   degree is 0 to 31.
 

coefficient

   OpenVMS usage:floating_point
   type:         D_floating
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by reference, array reference

   The address of an array of D-floating coefficients. The
   coefficient of the highest-order term of the polynomial is the
   lowest-addressed element in the array.
 

floating-point-result

   OpenVMS usage:floating_point
   type:         D_floating
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by reference

   The address of a floating-point number that is the result of
   the calculation. LIB$POLYD writes the address of floating-point-
   result into a D-floating number.

   Intermediate multiplications are carried out using extended
   floating-point fractions (63 bits for POLYD).