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Full(er) support for IEEE 754 would indeed be very welcome, especially for numerical work. > What would `f80` do on platforms that aren't x86? Noting else has native 80 bit...

I'm not too sure what you mean by 'layout' in this case, it's true that extended precision floats do not have to conform to a certain bit format. If you...

> [...] that's useful for implementing `f80` arithmetic operations [...] No need to, `ExtendedPrecision` would simply be `f128` on targets that do not have a native extended double format. In...

A possible further enhancement (at the cost of some increase in complexity) would be to have 'autocolumns' where the remaining space is evenly divided across all 'autocolumns'. For example: ```...

@samcarter I did not know that, thank you! This does fit in the problem though, the 'autocolumns' can then take this into account :slightly_smiling_face:.

Alternatively, there is of course the [Risch algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risch_algorithm), which—to my knowledge—is the gold standard for symbolic integration, however it's limited to elementary functions. As another drawback: it's famous for having...

Using Maxima is definitely possible, but I think that somewhat goes against "[...] that is directly extendable in the same language as the users." I'm not familiar with the structure...

The failure of `isempty(detect_ambiguities(Colors))` seems related to upgrading to ColorTypes v0.12 and not to the other changes in this pull request, so removing the WIP status.

Modified description to more clearly separate potential improvements from actual contents. I am however not currently planning to add the former, so as far as I am concerned this pull...

That seems like a reasonable order of actions. If there is anything I should still change, please let me know!