From:	Jeffrey_Krupp AT May-Co DOT com
Subject:	Division by zero : SIGFPE
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:43:34 -0400
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Hi. I have been fighting a division by zero problem. I have seen a few mail
archives dealing with this issue, but even in using examples, I get an
unrecoverable exception. My goal is to ignore the division by zero and
continue on reguardless of the resulting values.

Here is the example that I used:

void handler(int sig)
{
     _clear87();
     _fpreset();
     printf("\nSignal!");
     fflush(stdout);
     getch();
}

void main(void)
{
     int i;

     signal(SIGFPE,handler);
     i=1/0;

     printf("\nAfter division...still alive!");
     fflush(stdout);
}

This always enters the handler, but then kicks me out showing the
registers.

Then I tried inserting the following lines before the signal() assignment,
defining a matherr(), and using the -lm (link with math lib):

_fdlib_version =  _SVID_;
_control87(EM_UNDERFLOW,~EM_UNDERFLOW);
_control87(EM_INEXACT,~EM_INEXACT);

int matherr(struct exception *e)
{
     printf("\nIn matherr!");
     fflush(stdout);
     getch();
}

But it doesn't call matherr(). Is the call to matherr() supposed to be
automatic when the signal occurs?

Am I making this harder than it is?

Thanks!

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