Why is f64::MIN_EXP off by 1?

#1

Is there a rationale for why f64::MIN_EXP is -1021, while 2^-1022 is a perfectly valid normal f64 number?

Why is f64::MIN_EXP one larger than the minimum possible (non-subnormal) exponent?

#2

Holdover from copying C's float.h, it seems. (And previously.)

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