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[Fortran] `ieee_fma` (related to PWR048) is available since Fortran 2018

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#95 opened on Jul 31, 2025

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Description

In Fortran, Fused multiply-add was imtroduced as IEEE_FMA in Fortran 2018 standard, so modern codebases may use it.

In Fortran 2023 draft, it is located at 17.11.4.

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Find the relevant documentation section mentioning FMA and update it to note that IEEE FMA is available since Fortran 2018.
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