Audit finds VHDL standard's float package computes sqrt(2) incorrectly

A GitHub repository published an audit of the IEEE float package used in the VHDL hardware description language. The audit reports that the package's square root implementation returns an incorrect result for sqrt(2). The finding was shared on Hacker News, where it received 10 points and 5 comments. The source material provides only the repository link and discussion metadata, so details of the specific error and its impact are not included here. The report highlights a possible correctness issue in a standardized hardware design library.